Austrinus It is the astronomy site of Farid Char.
This space was inaugurated on 11/25/2000 and its name means “austral” or “from the south” in Latin.
This name serves to better identify the origin of its contents, created from the Southern Hemisphere: 23°39' S and 70°25' W (Antofagasta, Chile).
In astronomy, the name is present in the constellation Pisces Austrinus.
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This section aims to expose some of the most frequent doubts among those who are just beginning to become familiar with astronomy, or who simply express curiosity about space phenomena. In the side column you can find some useful advice regarding astronomical instrumentation, such as telescopes, and some clarifications to misinterpretations and misconceptions...
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«2012 is the Apocalypse predicted by the Mayans…» Nowadays, one of the topics that most strongly feeds the (profitable) work of paranormal specialists is a supposed prophecy of the End of the World established by the Mayan culture, which is even attempted to be connected to well-known «friends» from the future: Nostradamus, I-Ching, Merlin, Egyptians,…
“It’s a little alien walking on the rocks of Mars…” NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity probes (launched in 2003) have provided spectacular images of the surface of Mars. Far exceeding their expected lifespan, the small rovers have continued their successful exploration, which among other discoveries has provided strong evidence of the existence of Mars.
«The Earth does not belong to this galaxy…» Recently, a news item appeared in the media that seemed suspicious to me from the very beginning. An astronomical study concluded that our planet does not come from the Milky Way (although in some versions it says that it simply is not in it), but that it is part of the Milky Way.
«It was built by a Martian civilization…» After the Viking mission to Mars in 1976, everything seemed to indicate that the analysis of the photographs would be a matter of routine, simply an extensive scientific task of interest only to specific sectors, such as astronomers and planetary geologists. However, in one of these images, photographed on 25th…
“It happens once every 3000 years…” This could be considered a rather innocent matter, a false fact that may not cause much commotion in the community, since it is not announced as a prophecy of a catastrophe, of an event that will change our lives or something like that; it is a chain mail…
«On the 6th of 6 of 06 will be the end of Humanity…» It should not surprise us that, in different periods of our history, great misfortunes, catastrophes, evil manifestations or simply the end of the world are prophesied. Perhaps one of the most recurrent is the one that will be referred to here, whose origin comes from a biblical quote…
«Man never landed on the Moon…» It is not a new theory that several governments around the world, especially the US, have planned conspiracies to hide the truth about various issues related to space. One of them, however, involves a milestone in the history of Humanity: the arrival of man on the Moon.
«Mars will appear the size of the Moon…» According to the background information I know, 2003 was the first time that an email began to circulate on the Internet, with a PowerPoint presentation warning of a truly spectacular approach by Mars. Too spectacular. Some information in that presentation was correct, but others were completely false.…
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