Welcome

Welcome to the Athena Community Astronomy Club, Prince Edward Island's only astronomy club.
Come and explore the universe with us!
 

Daily Astronomy Blurb: Rubin's Galaxy

In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus and well within our own Milky Way galaxy. In sharp focus beyond is UGC 2885, a giant spiral galaxy about 232 million light-years distant. Some 800,000 light-years across compared to the Milky Way's diameter of 100,000 light-years or so, it has around 1 trillion stars. That's about 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way. Part of an investigation to understand how galaxies can grow to such enormous sizes, UGC 2885 was also part of An Interesting Voyage and astronomer Vera Rubin's pioneering study of the rotation of spiral galaxies. Her work was the first to convincingly demonstrate the dominating presence of dark matter in our universe.
© apod.nasa.gov

ACAC News

Trudy Almon

2 weeks ago

Trudy Almon
The Sunday Night Astronomy Show is live now!www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOt8I1q-vsThe Sunday Night Astronomy Show ... See MoreSee Less
Trudy Almon

3 weeks ago

Trudy Almon
The Sunday Night Astronomy Show is live now!!www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOG3NOiAgxkThe sunday Night Astronomy Show - EQ Mounts ... See MoreSee Less
Athena Community Astronomy Club

3 weeks ago

Athena Community Astronomy Club
So, looking forward to our August monthly meeting, this coming Sunday, 7-9 p.m., at the Wilmot Community Centre, on Gillespie Ave. behind the Shell station on Water Street East. Get ready for autumn and winter, as the sun starts setting before 8 p.m.!Not sure about Baywalk Astronomy tonight, Aug. 25, but if the skies clear and we are there, keep in mind the sunset time; Venus still available, while Jupiter and Saturn make an appearance a little later... among other things, of course. ... See MoreSee Less
Trudy Almon

4 weeks ago

Trudy Almon
The Sunday Night Astronomy Show is live now!!www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBGXTdePIAThe Sunday Night Astronomy Show ... See MoreSee Less

Video

Trudy Almon

1 month ago

Trudy Almon
The Sunday Night Astronomy Show is live now!www.youtube.com/watch?v=McZXaTXJAcsThe Sunday Night Astronomy Show ... See MoreSee Less