The Sun
SuperStars
The Star Party
Dreyer Descriptions
Spectral Classes
Observing Checklists
Observing Log Form
Toolbox
Star Parties
About Tavita
Links
A DREYER DESCRIPTION is a standardized "shorthand" used to describe in some detail an object's appearance and charactoristics.
The SPECTRAL CLASS of a star is a designation describing the star's temperature, a "fingerprint" of the chemical composition of the chromosphere.
CHECKLISTS of objects grouped by constellation, catalogs, etc., for locating, observing and logging objects of interest.
A sample blank LOG FORM useful for documenting observations. Record information such as observing site, sky conditions, equipment used and object data.
A Flash animation suggesting a theory of the origin and eventual fate of our SUN.
A Flash animation comparing the size of our Sun with some of the SUPER STARS in the cosmos.
A Flash animation presenting an original poem describing a typical STAR PARTY.
STAR PARTIES are where the glass meets the sky, where the heavens open up and reveal their wonderous glory, where observers meet and exchange views and insights.
An astronomer's TOOLBOX is his/her treasure trove of equipment, accessories, doodads and what-nots so essential to successful observing.
A few LINKS to other web sites of interest.
A few words ABOUT ME, how I became interested in astronomy and what I use in the pursuit of this exciting avocation.
"This being made, He yearned for worlds to make
From other chaos out beyond our night --
For to create is still God's prime delight.
The large moon, all alone, sailed her dark lake,
And the first tides were moving to her might;
Then Darkness trembled, and began to quake
Big with the birth of stars, and when He spake
A million worlds leapt into radiant light."
-- From "HE MADE THE STARS ALSO" by Lloyd Mifflin
(The Golden Treasury American Songs and Lyrics Edited by Frederic Lawrence Knowles; L. C. Page and Company, Inc. Copyright 1899, now Public Domain)
From other chaos out beyond our night --
For to create is still God's prime delight.
The large moon, all alone, sailed her dark lake,
And the first tides were moving to her might;
Then Darkness trembled, and began to quake
Big with the birth of stars, and when He spake
A million worlds leapt into radiant light."
-- From "HE MADE THE STARS ALSO" by Lloyd Mifflin
(The Golden Treasury American Songs and Lyrics Edited by Frederic Lawrence Knowles; L. C. Page and Company, Inc. Copyright 1899, now Public Domain)