News about our society or other astronomical events.
Earth orbiting satellites have just detected an X1-class solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot AR2887. The blast at 1535 UT on Oct. 28th (2335 Oct 28th MYT) created a massive tsunami of plasma in the sun’s atmosphere.
Be quick to observe the “Not So Great Red Spot of Jupiter” before it becomes even smaller or may even disappear! A favourite telescope object for Malaysian astronomy enthusiasts is the largest planet Jupiter with its many swirling clouds making bands of white, red, orange, brown and yellow colours. I could remember first observing Jupiter …
Have you ever wondered, was there anything happening up above us in the quiet-blue sky, day and night? A new initiative was launched by our members and committee members of the the Astronomical Society of Penang, namely “What’s Up In The Sky”. This program series has been up running since the second quarter this year …