Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory is a special place of learning tucked high atop one of the tallest peaks near Nashville. Here, both students and the public are introduced to the wonders of astronomy and space exploration.
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- Location:
- Brentwood, TN, 37027
- Phone:
- 615-373-4897
- Tues - Fri:
- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Monday, September 13 at 7:00pm
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory Happy Winter Solstice at 11:47 PM CST!
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From Sherry T.
A bright Iridium flare is expected over Nashville at 5:56pm today. Iridium satellites are made of highly reflective material and periodically send brief but intense amount of sunlight toward Earth observers. Tonight's flare is expected to have a brightness of -8 magnitude (this is really bright). To see i...t, look toward the northeast (42degree azimuth) and up from the horizon 42 degrees. If you look closely, you should spot the satellite before it flares. Iridium satellites travel on a polar orbit, meaning it will be traveling from south to north. A -3 magnitude iridium flare was easily seen in Bellevue last night. For more information or if you are not located in Nashville, please visit the Heavens-Above website (link below).
http://heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur
heavens-above.com
Clicking on the time of the flare will load another page with more details,including a map showing the track of the flare along the ground, and thelocation of the nearest point of maximum intensity.
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We often get calls concerning unidentified objects in the sky and 95% of the time it
is Venus. I can't imagine the calls we would have received this cloud
formation from Norway was near Nashville! No image enhancement needed,
it was from a failed Russian rocket launch.
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory December 13-14th Geminid Meteor Shower. This should be a good show with predictions of over 100 meteors per hour.
science.nasa.gov
Dec. 8, 2009: Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends. The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night.
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory Earliest and most distant galaxies to date, found in the new Hubble Ultra Deep Field images.
ESA Science & Technology: Hubble's deepest view of Universe unveils never-before-seen galaxies [heic
sci.esa.int
In 2004, Hubble created the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the deepest visible-light image of the Universe, and now, with its brand-new camera, Hubble is seeing even farther. This image was taken in the same region as the visible HUDF, but is taken at longer wavelengths. ...
Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory New interactive site showing the entire Milky Way in various wavelengths from X-Ray to Radio.
www.chromoscope.net
Welcome to Chromoscope. The Milky Way is shown across the middle and the north pole of the Galaxy towards the top. Use the mouse to drag the sky around. Want to know more? Watch our quick tour (opens on this page). The keyboard controls are:
