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The top 3 constellations in Guam’s sky in May By Pam Eastlick View Comments Greetings everyone! Don’t forget to have a look at Jupiter and Saturn in the early morning sky and of course Mars is in our early evening sky. There will be some significant planet news coming up and I’ll tell you all about it soon. But the real glory in May here on Guam is the Magic Half Hour when you can see eight of the 10 brightest stars, the three most famous constellations and the largest and smallest constellations. The Magic Half Hour occurs between 8:15 and 8:45 p.m. this week but you can go outside aro...

Autumn astronomyBy: James Smith Autumn is my favourite time for observing the night skies. The evenings are cooler, but not yet too cold. The skies get darker earlier, so we don’t have to stay up so late, and we have the best objects to see in autumn. Some of our favourite Southern Hemisphere constellations are in full display. The Southern Cross is easily seen, as well as Orion (including the ‘Pot’) and Canis Major. Taurus, Cancer and Gemini are also visible in autumn. The first two real stars to appear at night are Sirius in the northwest, which is the brightest star, followed by Can...

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Meeting the Milky Way The road to ESO’s La Silla Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert appears to curve around the mountain and collide with the downward slope of the Milky Way in this Picture of the Week. Small yellow bulbs light up the road at regular intervals; it is prohibited to use headlights on these roads between dusk and dawn, as even dim lights can interfere significantly with telescope observations. The site enjoys some of the darkest night skies on Earth. The darkness, high altitude, and resulting dry air at La Silla make it an exceptional location for astronomy. In the fore...

An Otherworldly Glow The antennas comprising the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, appear to emit an eerie, vivid shade of green light in this Picture of the Week. Situated high up on the isolated Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert, ALMA seems like the perfect place for friendly extraterrestrials to discreetly land and make contact…but something far more mundane is responsible for this otherworldly green glow. The light emanates from indicator lights, which show whether or not it is safe for staff to approach the antennas. A green li...