MASTER FESTIVAL
(PART II OF MASTER OLYMPICOSMOPOETRIADA)
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BIG BANG
-by Zigmund Tauberg-
Every year I listen about a flame
that burned for eight days,
although it had oil only for one.
And something wonderful happened!
The light appeared
in the beginning of the world,
and it continues to burn,
guiding the people’s way.
With joy and singing,
on holidays we kindle candles
as permanent symbols of life,
pure souls and clean desires
for peace, culture and love
and for the victory of reason
in the night.
“So let there be light!”
3 VERSIONS OF THE BIG BANG
(1. Calliandra haematocarpa;
2. Gazania rigens;
3. Anemona)
-photographic floral poem by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
QUESTION
-by Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society,
born in Romania)-
The First Atom is thinking:
“If the whole Universe
is inside of me,
in which Universe
I am sitting now?”
UNIVERSES
-linoengraving by Emil Kostolansky (Slovakia,
made in the 1980s)-
HAIKU
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Don’t worry, the light
will always appear in the
most amazing forms
LIGHTNING AND M82
-photographic poem by Marian Lucian Achim-
GENESIS
-astro-art-poem by Miruna Popescu (Republic of Ireland,
astronomy educator in Armagh, Nothern Ireland, UK,
coordinator of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in the island of Ireland;
born in Romania,
where she was a professional astronomer)-
The pastel drawings show a protostar,
resembling a foetus,
together with a supernova (a dying, exploding star).
The new star takes life from the ashes of the dying star
and from the couple shown to the right of the image
in the form of a constellation.
The different colours signify the varied chemical composition
of the protostar's cluster.
The background shows many other stars,
as well as a spiral galaxy.
However, many people told me that they have seen
other things in this drawing,
and I think that this is what makes it quite interesting.
So let your imagination go wild when watching it
and see what's your interpretation of the story!
MEDITATION
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Making the world,
the Creator insisted on three subjects:
stars,
people’s love
and Mount Olympus.
STARS AND PEOPLE
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
STAR PEOPLE
-by Bruce Boston (USA,
the first Grand Master of SF poetry)-
If star people
were the world
each of us would be
the brightest light
in our own universe,
until we were drawn
by another star person
into a blinding binary
dance with comets and
moons and asteroids,
barren worlds and
planets where fauna
and flora thrive and
civilizations rise,
intimately coupled
in concentric orbits,
our singular paths
changed forever
by the inexplicable
pull of gravity's
dual attraction.
STAR DREAM, STAR SHIP
-photo-art poem by Cristina Tinta-
ASTROLIMERICK
-by David Asher (Northern Ireland, UK,
astronomer at Armagh Observatory;
famous meteor shower predictor
and discoverer of asteroids)
The universe thought of by Hubble
Expands like a huge cosmic bubble.
But ideas that relate
A steadier state
Are in the most terrible trouble.
EARTH AND SKY
-astro-photo-art-poem by Arlene Carol (USA,
residing in Turkey)-
ASTROHAIKU
-by Gerald England (England, UK,
Editor of New Hope International,
honorary member of the International Writers and Artists Association,
laureate of the Ted Slade Award)-
across light years
googols of radio waves
oscillate
ASTROPHYSICAL LINOENGRAVINGS
(1. The Trumpet of Pulsars;
2. Newton’s space-time)
-by Emil Kostolansly (Slovakia,
made in the 1980s)-
ARISTOTLE'S PERIPHERIC VISION
-astro-photo-poem by Dan Uza-
In Meteorologica (cca 340 BCE)
the philosopher invoked the existence
of a fixed star with a tail in Canis Major
to disprove the theory that the comets
(transient appearances of some tailed stars in the sky)
were the results of some periodical cosmic encounters.
Watching Canis Major,
you can recognize in the corner of your eyes
that tail invoked by Aristotle:
the M41 cluster lives solitary
at four degrees from Sirius,
the brightest star of the nocturnal sky.
CINDERS
WONDERS
ELDERS
-astropoems by Tony Berendsen (USA,
owner of Tahoe Star Tours,
president of Northern Nevada Science Coalition)
with artwork by Carol Pallesen (USA)-
LOOK AT ME
-astropoem-theatre by Virgil V. Scurtu-
My dears,
look at me how I was about 40 years ago
next to the largest telescope in East Romania
(32-cm diameter,
a CASSEGRAIN-NASMYTH reflector).
I had a pipe like
Edwin Hubble
and I could see more than
Galileo Galilei!!!
KEPLER MISSION
-by John J. Beck (USA,
Door Peninsula Astronomical Society)-
Without disturbing the Swan
They measure the stars
Imperceptible dimming
Evidence of unknown worlds
They measure the stars
From outer space
They’re on a mission
Imperceptible dimming
Unveils the clues
The star is not alone
Evidence of unknown worlds
Confirmed from Mother Earth
Kepler would be proud.
ROSETTE NEBULA
-photo by Adrian Oradean "Kuki" (USA,
winner of the New Jersey Astronomical Group astrophotography contest in 2005;
born in Romania)-
ROSETTE NEBULA
-photo by Emil Kolbert (Austria,
born in Romania)-
ROSETTE NEBULA
-photo by Emil Pera-
SOLAR-NEBULAR HALO
-astro-photo-poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
One day
I was the witness of a beautiful solar halo,
realized by a few altocumulus clouds.
About 8 degrees in diameter,
but with some irisated clouds,
and superb through its colours.
But watching better,
its general geometry seemed like that of a nebula
in which new stars appear.
So I chose a few of my photographs
and I worked to make an artistic image,
using a real subject,
but I processed it
(juggling with colours and “levels”)
to remind the Hubble
and to look like something else.
CURE
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
“What would you take
if your soul would be wounded?’
an old friend asked me.
“I would certainly take a look
to a cluster of stars
or rather to a galaxy!”
FAMOUS DEEP SKY OBJECTS
(1. M13
2. M101)
-paintings by Ramona Achim-
SCALES
-by David Kopaska-Merkel (USA,
president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association)-
Our static bubble
unfathomable, unassailable,
in a billion lifetimes
we could not cross,
yet someone must live at the edge.
When it looks out at
night, are there stars
only in one direction,
too far to reach, ever?
I read that a new bubbleverse
can pop in
anywhere, anywhen,
swell to gargantuan dimensions,
yet remain to us invisible.
I throw up my hands,
go out,
plant a few marigolds,
check the rose for buds.
MOTION POEM
-phoo by Cristina Tinta-
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT
-by Boris Marian (Mehr)-
At the end of the night,
at the end of the night
anything could be,
a coffee, a girlfriend,
it’s even life.
However, tragic announcement still come,
but this night a poem was born, named just…
“At the end of the night”.
Children are born,
will they be happy?
Only the sailor knows it,
he sings for himself an old song,
at the end of the night,
at the end of the night,
why do you repeat this,
I shout at him,
he looks at me,
he is mild,
he is my father.
Ithaca is the end of the night,
the Hope,
Ithaca is the house
and all that remains,
we create from nothing
an Ithaca of flowers,
the Poem,
and an Ithaca of stars,
the Astropoem.
A FLORAL HR DIAGRAM
-astro-photo-art poem by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
The majority of stars in the galaxy,
including our Sun, Sirius,
Alpha Centauri A and B
are all main sequence stars…
SPRING INVASION
-by Stephen M. Wilson (USA,
editor of “microcosms”)-
April’s Lyrid meteor
conceal Unidentified
Flying Mayflowers
FLOWER OR GALAXY?
-astro-art-poem by Diana Mitrut-
Sweet burden
kissing new dawn
dream of light
GALAXIES
-by Dominic Diamant-
A galaxy and another galaxy
Unknown and unstudied
Fertilize the Universe and call the people
To conquer them.
There is so much frenzy in mysteries
And so much thirst
That the repeated assaults
Ask for more sacrifices.
But Sisyphus, Icarus and Daedalus
Continue to try their own forces
Aiming the heights,
Hypnotized by glaring magic.
The Earth rotates and disappears
Hidden by the crown of stars
While the astronauts, in their great vocation,
Exult in their flight
Infinite like their thoughts' vibration.
SN2011DH IN M51
-image by Maximilian Teodorescu-
M51
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania-
STARS
-by Dana Catalina Stoica-
When I feel that I fall
into the abyss of my dreams,
I choose the Polar Star
as my support point
because I know that,
in spite of the changes from around me,
it always remains unmoved
to become a silent guide
in the labyrinth of self-knowledge.
The canopy of heaven
always represented for me
a balm for the soul
wounded by so many quests
and thirty for so many answers.
Nothing can compete with
the magic dance of the thousands of stars
that simultaneously smile to us
and sustain their eternal show.
POLARIS THE NORTH STAR
or
ROAD TOWARDS THE SKY
(Transylvania, Romania)
-photo by Octavian Stanescu-
POLES
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
The Earth has two well-known poles, but
I think it is my duty
To say that any cosmic place
Could be a pole of beauty.
THE CELESTIAL SOUTH POLE
(Parkes, Australia)
-photo by Megan Argo (Australia / UK,
professional astronomer)-
UNDER A NORTHERN SKY OF STARS
-astro-photo-poem by Gunter and Gabi Reichert (Germany;
the image is a capture from the “Us and the Sky - Noi si Cerul” TV Show,
representing Aurora Borealis in Norway)-
When you are out
in the biting cold northern winter night
under a sky of stars,
sparkling like precious gems,
you feel awed.
Then green and purple bands of light appear,
getting stronger and weaving silent like curtains
in an unrecognizable wind all over the firmament
and you are literally blown away
from the grandeur of the scenery.
All human quibbles and problems,
all the anger and sorrow
seem to fade into oblivion in those moments
and you are happy and glad to be part of an universe,
that can create such beauty.
FLYING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
UNDER THE GREAT CHARIOT
-astro-photo-poem by Haritina Mogosanu (New Zealand,
Education Coordinator - KiwiSpace Foundation,
Publicity Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand,
President of NZ Mars Society,
born in Romania)-
Probably we are around Egypt's latitude?
Maybe.
The coffee is excellent and the humming of the engines,
which are quiet almost like cats purring,
is adding to the whole beauty of this night / morning,
to the mixture of yesterday and tomorrow
in the same time
and time does not exist,
it's just an illusion.
After proving that I can stretch time,
here is a stretched light beam from an airplane.
Stretching is good especially when you fly
but I am too absorbed in watching my stars.
The plane is tilting even more
and I can see now Ursa Major…
JOURNEYS OF THE NIGHT
-astro-photo-poem (cosmopoem) by John Goldsmith (Australia,
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research - Perth,
Celestial Visions producer,
member of The World At Night - Astronomers Without Borders)-
OLYMPIC ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
-astro-photo-art-poem by Jos Nijland (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
The Olympic Games 2012 are starting soon.
During this event, it will be full moon.
Even the atmospheric optics will be unusual.
So watch the night sky, it will be exceptional!
CELESTIAL MUSIC
-by Dan Mitrut-
My flute nests lunar doves,
a few flocks of Bird-Puppids.
There is no mystery in my dexterity,
every bird looks at me
and sups the tears of my heart
when I leave the passionate comets
who share with me
crazy lessons of fusion.
“Love at least this burnt territory
caressed by our soles
when we sing over here!”
You see,
I’ve extracted this verse
from the shadow where
protostars come out from eggs.
An empty score!
Hurry up, an empty score!
STAR CHILDREN OF AOTEAROA
(photos:
1-3. Crux Southern Cross - Mahutonga, The Milky Way - Te Mangoroa,
Jupiter - Kopunu;
4. Magellanic Clouds over Stonehenge Aotearoa)
-astro-photo-poem by Paul Moss (New Zealand,
StarPeace national coordinator)-
Here in New Zealand (Aotearoa)
we teach our children to look
at the sky called Ranginui.
The sky that we campaign for,
to reduce light pollution.
We also teach about
Tangaroa the ocean,
Tane the forest,
and Papatuanuku the mother earth...
we teach
ONE EARTH, ONE SKY, ONE PEOPLE…
ONE LOVE.
THE CITY
-astro-photo-poem by Calin Niculae-
Myriads and myriads of stars....
some 200-400 billion of them!
For our ancestors the myriad (=10000)
was the last denomination for something
which could be numbered
and one myriad myriad was the final count.
After that, infinity followed.
Just imagine the way they would have written
the number of stars in our Galaxy
(had they had our knowledge)
if this image was taken in MCMXCVII
(roman "digits" here).
Sometimes - too seldom -
we refer to Earth as "home".
So, the Milky Way would be
our city.
A grandiose system of stars and interstellar matter,
weird objects in a continual transformation -
things of which we can see only about a half,
not knowing how it looks
from the other side of its center,
just imagining...
until some day.
THE MILKY WAY
-by Tony Berendsen (USA,
owner of Tahoe Star Tours,
president of Northern Nevada Science Coalition)-
Above as we walk hand in hand in the darkness
She has wrapped her silver band upon us
A motion so gentle we hardly notice
As a nest sways in an earthly breeze
Caressing the beginnings of an endless cycle
We see from inside and beyond
To the realm of other kindred souls
She wonders about us so
Our existence in such a small space
Thinking of ourselves as masters
Holding on to each other till
We accept the inevitability of it all
And her arms release us to roam this place.
MILKY WAY IN THE SOUTH HEMISPHERE
(Namibia, Africa)
-photographic poem by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
SONG FOR STAR PEACE
-astro-photo-collage-poem by Johannes Stubler (Austria,
ambassador and national coordinator of Astronomers Without Borders,
member of The World At Night)-
Doing astronomy,
showing the beauty of our home
-OUR ONE AND ONLY SKY-
to as much people as possible
and living the idea of Astronomers Without Borders
is the most peace making thing
we can do!
HAIKU
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Quite expressive
planetary nebula
crinkled by stellar winds
JONES-EMBERSON PLANETARY NEBULA
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
PLANET IN THE GRASS
-image by Cristina Tinta-
HAIKU
-by Bob Eklund (USA,
editor of Astronomers Without Borders’ Astropoetry Blog)-
On this dark morning
Working to turn it around:
We are a brightness!
EARTH
-astro-photo-poem by Adrian Apostol-
The mysterious voice of the earth
calls me
and I'm not scared,
I am earth,
I'll be earth,
a permanent prisoner of universal immortality.
THE KNOLL
-by Horia Gane (1936-2004)-
On a knoll, a house and some hay
caught the summer
to not slide to the river.
The colour is just the passing year.
Suddenly, the ineffable
breaks a glass of milk,
or maybe it is
an universal left-handedness.
Until we will find
what keeps the Earth in the Cosmos,
my soul does it.
A TOWER CRANE BUILDS SUNSPOTS
-photographic poem by Mihai Curtasu-
CRISES
-astro-photo-poem by Lucian Curelaru-
It's a world crisis
so let's relax by watching
Mare Crisium
OWL NEBULA
-astro-photo-poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
Boo-
Hoo-
Hoo!!!
THE ASTROPHILE
-by Marge Simon (USA,
laureate of the Rhysling Award)-
Plumed nebulas disseminate
beyond my reflection on the screen,
grotesque and dissolute. I am alone,
role playing realities watching
my hair turn grey, my skin shrivel,
my children unborn within the tubes.
To stifle boredom, I read Descartes,
yet my mind keeps straying backwards.
My crew has given up or worse, gone mad,
their bodies kept in cryo for return.
I wonder if my own will last that long.
Green, that coloration within my memories
of leaves, a creel of brook trout flopping in protest--
the whirring of insects, smells of pine, repellant's,
rubber waders and sounds of camp robber jays
where I began, without a potion for release
nor resistance for what is unnatural.
Descartes' conjectures frighten me, for if the act
of thought constitutes proof of existence, then mine
consists of fractal memories and feathery postulations.
WALKING ON THE MOON
-photographic poem by Ciprian Grigorescu-
WHEN THE SUN ARRANGED HIS HAIRDO
(March 2006, Turkey)
-astro-photo-poem by Alex Conu-
We can easily observe prominences
during the total solar eclipses,
they appear just like some
flames on the edge of the solar disk.
When the prominences are great,
The Sun seems to have rebellious locks.
FULL SUN
-photo by Catalin Fus-
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
(Annular Solar Eclipse in Sri Lanka, 2010)
-photographic poem by Thilina Heenatihala (Sri Lanka,
Astronomers Without Borders’ project coordinator for Global Astronomy Month)-
ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE
(1. Fantasy
2. ASE in Spain, October 2005,
with superposed relief at the edge of the lunar disc)
-photo-art poem by Alex Conu-
SUN, WINDMILL AND NO DON QUIXOTE
-photo by Jos Nijland (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
MAIA AND A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
-photo by Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society,
born in Romania)-
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
(Romania, 2008)
-photo-collage by Laurean Chisiu-
SOLAR ECLIPSE
-by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
(Zambia, 2001)
-photo by Bernd Brinkmann (Germany,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
ANOTHER KIND OF ECLIPSE
-photo by Ciprian Grigorescu-
MIDNIGHT PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN LAPLAND
(June 2011)
-photo by Catalin Beldea-
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
(Romania, January 2011)
-photo-collage by Minodora Carmen Lipcanu-
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSES
(1. Factory for the Solar Eclipse, May 2003;
2. Solar Eclipse Flight, August 2008;
3. Carburant on the Eclipsed Sun, January 2011)
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru "Sarpe"-
THE LUNAR ECLIPSE
(December 2010)
-astro-photo-poem by Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society,
born in Romania)-
When the day was gone
And the Eclipse is coming
Let’s open the Dome
But slowly, without damages
Turn the Bertha lunette to the Moon
It’s dark and you are shinning
When the Eclipse is gone
You come to stay with me
Take a pen and paper with you
Open the Year Book
And from hidden formulas
Right Ascension and Declinations
We’ll calculate an ephemerid
For Eros… the asteroid!
HAIKU
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Sometimes Earth’s shadow
disturbs Moon’s melancholy -
lunar eclipses
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
(February 2008)
-photo by Shlomi Eini (Israel)-
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
(December 2011)
-photo by Vlad Dumitrescu-
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER LOFAR, HOLLAND
(December 2011)
-photo by Megan Argo (Australia / UK,
professional astronomer)-
LUNAR ECLIPSE
-by Marge Simon (USA,
laureate of the Rhysling Award)-
In taut suspension, a
visual mystique of
billiards in progress.
Behind the moon,
an unseen eye aligns
earth's sphere to claim
a cosmic corner pocket.
This close,
can you see?
there is a smudge
on the cue ball.
Like a colossal thumb print.
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER ROMANIA
CAUGHT IN MY COMPUTER
(June 2011)
-photo-art by Octavian Stanescu-
PASSION
-by Mirel Birlan (France,
astronomer at Paris Observatory;
an asteroid was named after him in 2001;
born in Romania)-
I have been a lucky person,
with the chance to concomitantly accomplish
my passion and my professional duty.
People from my entourage said sometimes
that I am a “workaholic.”
But this word is not part of my personal dictionary
because I use to correctly measure this chance.
In the last two decades
I’ve specialized on the study of objects
which belong to the solar system,
the main scientific subject being
the study of small bodies:
asteroids, comets, satellites, meteorites…
This passion of mine involves more directions:
-periods of observations at observatories from all over the world;
-analyses of images of the heavenly sphere for finding objects of the solar system;
-reading and writing articles;
-educating students and doctors in science;
-conferences in front of students and public at large;
-debates and interventions among students from primary and high schools;
And what I think it is very important:
I always watch the canopy of heaven with the same
pleasure, enthusiasm and astonishment.
SUMMER SKY IN THE BUCEGI MOUNTAINS
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
DO NOT EXAGERATE PLEASE
-by Antonio Martinez Picar (Spain,
member of the International Meteor Organization,
born in Venezuela)-
hundreds of meteor showers ...
thousands of meteors per hour ...
million of meteoroids per cubic kilometer...
luckily, there are always exceptions.
THE DREAM OF A DANDELION
-astro-photo-poem by Cristina Tinta-
A dandelion dreams of
a lot of flights toward the Moon
and coming back through the Sun...
...passing through the middle of the friendship
between sky and earth.
UNIVERSE
-astro-photo-poem by Adrian Bruno Sonka-
We created our own universe.
Hidden in our small houses,
we watch the horizon
and see the artificial traces of our civilization.
Streets, block of flats, cars, towns and villages,
all of them proving the existence of an artificial universe,
transient just like those who created it.
In parallel there is another Universe,
hidden just by the lights
which should make our life easier.
The real Universe is populated by planets, stars and galaxies,
all of them in continual motion.
This Universe created us,
the atoms from which we are made
coming from the stars.
The sky can be watched by anyone
who is inspired to look over the horizon.
So... how many of us did incidentally see
a star, the moon's sickle, a planet,
or even a falling star?
Then maybe we felt a little more powerful because
we had the capacity to understand
a little more about the Universe.
When you read these words, in only one second,
Terra goes over 30-km around the Sun,
while the Sun goes 217-km around our galaxy...
But we cannot observe this moving
because the cosmic space is inconceivably large.
But we can continue to admire,
by the naked eye or by telescope,
the beauty of the Universe.
ENJOY THE NIGHT SKY!
-astro-photo-poem by Martin Stojanovski (Macedonia,
national coordinator for the International Year of Astronomy 2009),
with captures from his movie presented at “Noi si Cerul - Us and the Sky” TV Show,
Columna TV, Targoviste-
For all astronomy enthusiasts around the world:
Just go out-side and enjoy the night-sky
as much as possible.
SUN AND MOON
-by Kim Goldberg (Canada,
winner of the Rannu Fund Poetry Prize for Speculative Literature)-
When Sun and Moon once lived on Earth
Time stood still and skies were pale
Sun and Moon were two great fish
With silver bubbles streaming, streaming
Time stood still and skies were pale
As Sun and Moon were coming home
With silver bubbles streaming, streaming
River cuts through skin of green
Sun and Moon were coming home
To dig a nest in gravel bed
River cuts through skin of green
While Sky awaits its destiny
To dig a nest in gravel bed
Vast mesh of eggs in jelly sleeves
While Sky awaits its destiny
Wind begins to heave and blow
Vast mesh of eggs in jelly sleeves
Hurled up into the waiting sky
As wind begins to heave and blow
Half the eggs are left behind
Hurled up into the waiting sky
Moon mounts a cloud and follows
Half the eggs are left behind
Sun remains to guard them
Moon mounts a cloud and follows
But Sun and Moon decide to switch
Sun remains to guard them
Every star was first an egg
Sun and Moon decide to switch
Sun and Moon were two great fish
Every star was first an egg
When Sun and Moon once lived on Earth
PHENOMENA
(1. Partial Solar Eclipse, January 2011;
2. Total Lunar Eclipse, June 2011;
3. Lunar Halo, December 2011)
-photographic poem by Sorin Hotea-
COSMIC DUST
-by Irina Cristescu-
A longing hidden among travelling universes,
camouflaged over time in this verse,
speaks with the stone language
from eyes of comet
about the colours of our galaxy.
From time to time,
it clings to a grain of cosmic dust
and sings the odyssey
of our new appointment.
MAN AND GALAXY
-photographic poem by Octavian Stanescu-
THE RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE
-by Arlene Carol (USA,
residing in Turkey-
Lately, I've been hearing a lot about the Universe
and the various theories of how was formed.
We all know about 'the big bang' theory - but logic says,
'You can't make something out of nothing.'
Many years ago,
I was taught one of the basic laws of science:
that energy can be neither created nor destroyed.
If so, then were did all that energy come from ???
So, I came to the conclusion that,
if indeed the Universe
just popped into existence
13.7 billion years ago,
then it must have been recycled
from something or some place else.
Constantly being recycled and repeated
over and over again.
And how does it end?
with a big bang?
or will we someday
observe that the edges
of the known Universe
are slowly moving toward us
instead of away?
If all these theories weren't enough,
now new ones are emerging...
A parallel universe, no less, existing micro-millimeters
from the one we know now...another you, another me...!!
AND the 11 dimension string theory universe! OMG!!
It seems that the theories are
almost as endless as the Universe itself!
Is it any wonder that I have a universal headache??
DEEP SKY OBJECTS
(1. Iris Nebula;
2. Pleiades Cluster;
3. M106 Galaxy)
-photographic poem by Emil Pera-
UNIVERSE
-astro-photo-poem-theatre by Mircea Corpodean,
composed of works made in the 1970s-
The Universe is great,
the Earth is too small,
although he is brave,
everybody knows that!
The Earth is small,
but very great however,
and maybe
he will be greater
because he stretches his arms
to comprehend suns.
COMPLAIN
-astro-photo-poem-theatre by Dan Mitrut-
In my zone,
the Draconid meteor shower 2011
cried from autumn clouds.
When the sky will be clear
I’ll complain to the
Moon.
NEW BOAT OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN
-photographic poem by Catalin Beldea-
SKY MYSTERY
-astro-photo-collage-poem by Ion(ut) Moraru-
The Sun gave a fan to the Moon
against his own warmth
and showed her a planet
with blue sky
and orange twilight,
then he crowned Selene
over the starry canopy.
At the same time
that planet was very glad
and its inhabitants sang enthusiastic songs,
accompanied by their telescopes.
NEW SHIP OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN
-photographic poem by Catalin Beldea-
QUADRANTUM ASTRONOMICUM
-astro-art-poem by Mircea Pteancu-
I present you
"Quadrantum Astronomicum",
the instrument of old seamen,
which I made from multi-stratified plywood.
On a radius I wrote in Latin:
"Mircea fecit Anno Domini MMXI".
On another radius I wrote in Greek:
"ta panta rei",
a quotation from Heraclit of Efes,
interpolated with hermetic symbols for
"earth, water, air, fire".
My quadrant is still in "technological probations",
and after the first tests on the stars Arcturus and Altair,
I estimate an accuracy of 1/3-1/4 degrees
in reading the celestial positions
ARITHMETIC
-by Irina Cristescu-
If you want to use your shoulders
to carry a starry sky,
Atlas would be envy
because during his time
the stars could be counted.
SUMMER 2011
-photographic poem by Catalin Timosca-
EMPHASIS ON SILENCE
-by Marge Simon (USA,
laureate of the Rhysling Award)-
_Genetic defects are rare
in the breeding chambers
of this dimension, yet certain
dysfunctions are provided for._
Unable to sleep, the soldier
turns his mind homeward,
far from the roar
of some ambiguous war
for an implacable empire
on a planet not his own.
He catapults soundlessly
through a matrix of variables,
cast shadows of dying suns
and beyond, a buried spectrum
of subliminal layers,
brought to surface awareness.
Irreverent, irrelevant to reality,
his passage generates
a spiral nebula of clues,
precluding self-awareness,
the cognition of free will.
In the stark poignancy
of this moment
he is frozen
in a mind cage,
suspended motion in a vacuum,
emphasizing silence.
A genetic failsafe clicks
and jerks him back to reality.
With his disposition towards
memories of home aborted,
he resumes his passage
into routine slumber,
and awakens to war.
I HAVE THE POWER
-photographic poem by Adrian Apostol-
TELESCOPIC TREE
-by Dan Mitrut-
All his silence was
to introduce his hands in a big tube,
blackened by the soot of the lights
which had passed through his eyes.
And thus, he extracted much gold and silver,
which screamed among his fingers.
This spring
trees will blossom
with the Swan on branches,
and the Easter will come
like an equatorial mount
over the lens-world.
HEAVENLY BEADS
(1. Solar Faculae:
2. Venus in daylight;
3. Jupiter and Satellites)
-photographic poem by Minodora Carmen Lipcanu-
HAIKU
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Cosmic discipline
every star gives around
cascades of light
GAVARNIE CASCADE, FRANCE, EUROPE
(with Valentin Grigore and Mihail Robescu - photographers -
and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)
VICTORIA CASCADE, ZAMBIA, AFRICA
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland)-
KEMBEL'S CASCADE, CAMELOPARDALIS, HEAVENS
-photo by Catalin Paduraru "Sarpe"-
ASTROBIOLOGICAL SKETCH
-by Mircea Pteancu and Virgil V. Scurtu-
Mircea:
I've heard about a symposium,
''Astrobiology, Past, Present and Future'',
which will be held in Tycho Brahe's island,
Hven,
in September 2011.
Virgil:
Strike!
Since my ancestors
CAMILLE FLAMMARION,
PERCIVAL LOWELL
and CARL SAGAN...
were not invited,
I'll be also absent as a form of protest.
Mircea:
Thanks for your (des)interest.
Your words have filled my heart
with admiration.
What diversities of attitudes
are dressed by life
in our galaxy!
ASTROCLOWN
-photo by Alex Conu-
CLOWNFACE OR ESKIMO NEBULA
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
HAIKU
-by Virgil V. Scurtu-
Big sunspots,
almost circular,
swollen like doughnuts...
SUNSPOTS AND LUNAR CRATERS
-photographic poem by Marian Lucian Achim-
FULL MOON, FULL SUN
-photographic poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
SOLAR OBSERVATIONS
-by Virgil V. Scurtu-
Kepler observed by the naked eye a sunspot,
thinking it is the Mercury Transit...
But it seems that the first memory about sunspots
comes from 350 BC
and belongs to Theophrast of Athene.
Then, the systematic observations in China
since 28 BC...
But of course those susnspots
were plump
(if you accept the pleonasm)...
SUNSPOTS AND M101 GALAXY
-photographic poem by Marian Lucian Achim-
SOLAR HALO AND M33 GALAXY
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru "Sarpe"-
ADVICE
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
“My friend,
you have to know that there are storms
at any level
all over the Universe,
not only in the people’s souls,”
said to me Eol,
“and if you want to find more about them,
I give you the following advice:
Do not be proud,
Just search the cloud!”
CLOUDS-WAVES AT THE BLACK SEA
-photo by Calin Niculae-
STORMY CLOUDS OVER ROMANIA
-photo by Mihai Curtasu-
STORMY CLOUDS OVER USA
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
STORM OVER SATURN
-photo-collage by Maximilian Teodorescu-
GALACTIC CLOUDS AND THE PLEIADES
-photo by Catalin Paduraru 'Sarpe"-
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS OVER NAMIBIA
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
HAIKU
-by Iulian Olaru-
First rays
playfully interlace
in drops of dew
DROPS
-photo by Ciprian Grigorescu-
BUBBLE NEBULA
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
OCCULTATIONS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Oh proud heavenly body
who like to occult
farer heavenly bodies!
Think that some day,
in your turn,
you
can be unmercifully occulted
too!
OCCULTATION: SATURN AND THE STAR HIP 40275, JANUARY 2006
-photo-collage by Alex Conu-
MOON / SATURN OCCULTATION, MAY 2007
-photo-collage by Alex Conu and Cristina Tinta-
REBELLIOUS STAR
-by Dominic Diamant-
It was obvious,
the solar systems from that galaxy were haunted
by routine, inertia and uniformity.
But… surprise,
a young star began to break the rules,
running on a rebellious way.
An old star asked her:
‘Why did you leave your orbit?
Do you want to defy universal harmony?”
“No, I’m just bored to tears
of so much order,”
was the answer,
“so I want to demonstrate that
even out of my reserved orbit
I can have my own glorious trajectory
without provoking prejudices around me.”
Until the old star’s new question,
the young star disappeared.
TOO FEW STARS FOR AN ASTRONOMER
-cartoon by Radu Bercea-
TOO MANY STARS FOR A NORMAL MAN
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
ASTROQUATRAIN
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
The telescopes call us to stars
through seductive lenses.
But please, master Khronos, give us
many more chances!
GALACTIC DREAM I
-artwork by Adrian Macinca-
CASTLES
(variant)
-by Monica Ceapoiu-
I took
joy from the Moon,
dreams from the stars,
feelings from the Sun,
I played with them
and I hid them
between dream and death.
THE LAST FLIGHTS OF THE ATLANTIS SPACE SHUTTLE
TOWARDS THE ISS
OVER THE SOLAR DISK
(2011.07.11, 2011.07.14)
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru 'Sarpe"-
EVOLUTION
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
I wonder if now
the ISS is a real
heavenly body
ISS OVER THE LUNAR DISK
(August 2011)
-photographic poem by Catalin Beldea-
OBSERVATIONS
-by Mircea Pteancu-
To observe a star from another galaxy
gives a special intellectual pleasure,
it is somehow a travel in time.
MESSIER JUBILEE
(M100 and M101)
-photographic poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania-
IMMENSITY
-by Dominic Diamant-
If in cosmic immensity
of myriads of astral bodies
the own entity
is almost insignificant
and my vibration
is almost non-existent
I feel I could make, however,
a lot of chained disasters
or fecund and magnificent connections
able to create new universes
ROX WANTS A PLACE AMONG THE STARS
-photographic poem by Alex Conu-
COSMIC HALLOWEEN
-astro-photo-poem by Alex Conu-
In the middle of the temporal distance
between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice
there is the Halloween,
a holiday of all hallows and horror costumes.
The Universe remains indifferent,
but not quiet.
In his turn he is even dismal.
Thus,
a black hole tears to piece a star
and swallows it delighted.
In a far galaxy,
a supernova explodes
and throws killing gamma rays around.
Hydrogen is transforming into Helium
inside the stars,
so the stars eat themselves.
A lot of deep sky objects have a
monstrous, frightening aspect.
And if you want something closer,
I have to tell you that on the Sun
there are solar explosions,
so you have to run quickly
to not be caught and carbonized by the demons
of the celestial "carved pumpkin".
A PALACE CALLED URANIA
-astro-photo-poem by Dan Uza-
Somewhere in the city of Cluj-Napoca
the amateur astronomer,
used to watch upward,
discovers two metallic cupolas on an imposing building,
which makes him remind
the iron canopies of astronomical observatories.
That strange palace was named
after the muse of astronomy,
but its main functions were a cinema, shops and habitations.
Sumptuously inaugurated in 1910,
now it is buried under lots of optical fiber cables.
But on a shriveled wall of the superior terrace,
a parabolic antenna proclaims its defeat.
NEWS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Too many earthly news,
too few universal news.
Things should be better balanced
and people should be better informed
for their real emancipation,
for a superior orientation.
GETTING THE LAST NEWS
-photo by Calin Niculae-
EFFELSBERG 100-M RADIO TELESCOPE, GERMANY
-photographic poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania-
RADIOTELESCOPES OVER THE WORLD
(1. Hartebeesthoek, South Africa;
2. Lovell, England;
3. Westerbork, Holland;
4. Parkes, Australia)
-photographic poem by Megan Argo (Australia / UK,
professional astronomer)-
ESCAPING QUESTION
-by Steve Sneyd (England, UK,
editor of Data Dump and director of Hilltop Press,
laureate of the Peterson Trophy)-
Whispers her dream snake
tongue licked up from pyramid
peak caught fly wise fall
of meteor swallowed spark
reawake mummy's goodbye smile
MOON-JUPITER CONJUNCTION OVER
THE OLD ROYAL COURT IN TARGOVISTE, FEBRUARY 2011
-photographic poem by Ciprian Grigorescu-
THE BOY
-by Dominic Diamant-
A boy watched the sky and saw a rain of stars.
He asked his mother:
“What are these?”
“These are tears from a comet
who has lost her children in space.”
“I suppose you will never lose me, mother,
isn’t it?”
“Certainly not,
my dear son!”
“OK, mother!
Now give me time for silence and meditation
please!”
FLYING BEINGS:
FROM A COMET (GARRADD) TO A SWAN (CYGNUS)
-photographic poem by Mihai Curtasu-
THE LUNETTE FROM THE MILITARY CIRCLE
-by Zigmund Tauberg-
“Mister Simion,
why do you come here daily, to the centre of the city,
with your hard lunette?”
the Bucharest Prefect in the 1930s, Gabriel Marinescu, asked
the man with a long white hair and a beautiful astronomical instrument.
“Because I am happy to see children
wondering when they watch the lunar sceneries.”
“It means that you are a rich man!”
said Marinescu, and right in that day
he ordered to the Prefecture employees
to help Mr. Simion in transporting the lunette.”
-Emanuel Reicher
(former trainer of Romanian chess team and SF writer)-
When I was a child,
something interesting appeared
in the centre of Bucharest,
near the Military Circle:
a man with a lunette chose that very circulated place
to watch the firmament,
and so many curious passers-by
could see the starry canopy of heaven,
planetary phases, the evening star, lunar craters...
and I ask myself how many of them
wanted after that to know more
about heavenly bodies,
about spaces populated with
planets, stars and constellations.
Years passed.
The man with a lunette disappeared
and now other passers-by,
with other faces,
indifferently walk
through the same places.
CRESCENT MOON OVER THE BIGGEST ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
IN THE WORLD
(2011.06.01, Romanian Parliament, Bucharest)
-photo by Catalin Beldea-
MOON IN DAYLIGHT, ON THE FIRST DAY
-photo by Emil Pera-
MOON OVER PERTH
-photo by Megan Argo (Australia / UK,
professional astronomer)-
MOON OVER CULTURE PALACE IN IASI
-photo by Cristian Mihaila-
LET'S TANGO THE MOON
-photo by Calin Niculae-
MOONSET
-image by Tibor Vesselenyi-
INDUSTRIAL MOON AT TARGOVISTE
-photo by Adrian Apostol-
MOON BEHIND THE CARAIMAN MOUNTAIN CROSS IN ROMANIA
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
LUNATIC WOLF AT EUREKA, CLOSE TO THE NORTH POLE
-photo by Liviu Ivanescu (Canada;
expert in adaptive optics, he worked for the European Southern Observatory
and the South African Astronomical Observatory;
born in Romania)-
ORION
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Sometimes in winter evenings,
when I watch the sky in my town,
I see a pale, emaciated hunter,
defeated by civilization
as by a curse of rejected Artemis.
Only out of cities
he wins back his forces
and defeats his sore,
because just over there he feels free
once more.
DEEPER INSIDE THE CONSTELLATION ORION
OR FROM HOHER LIST OBSERVATORY
TO M42 AND THE HORSEHEAD NEBULA
-photographic poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
HORSEHEAD NEBULA
-photo by Emil Kolbert (Austria,
born in Romania)-
HORSEHEAD NEBULA
-photo by Emil Pera-
ORION AREA
-photo by Catalin Paduraru ‘Sarpe”-
M42
-photo by Yasuhiro Tonomura (Japan,
Oriental Astronomical Society)-
M42
-photo-collage by Maximilian Teodorescu-
ORION OVER THE NUBIAN DESERT IN SUDAN
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
COMETS...
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
In 1910,
some traders sold umbrellas
to protect people...
from Comet Halley!
In 2010,
other traders should sell
even stronger shields...
against Comet Hartley!!!
COMET HARTLEY
photos by
1. Adrian Bruno Sonka
2. Laurentiu Alimpie
3. Eugen Florin Marc
COMET GARRADD, END OF AUGUST, 2011
-Mircea Pteancu-
Through my dobsonian,
I found out Comet Garradd with an asimetric aspect
(brighter and longer than the M71 cluster
and including a luminous condensing to its west extremity),
inside an asterism of stars,
with the shape of a right triangle.
But after midnight,
my claws and my fangs of a double star hunter grew,
so I re-orientated to my favorite prey.
COMET GARRADD IN THE NORTH HEMISPHERE (ROMANIA)
-photo by Catalin Paduraru "Sarpe"-
COMET GARRADD IN THE SOUTH HEMISPHERE (NAMIBIA)
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
SIGNALS, DEDICATED FROM THE SKY
[(Some data in support of the image on the poem!
1- In the picture, on the bottom left, you see the lunar disk
2- Ufo Analyzer software has classified the fireball
as belonging to the class "J5_And" Andromenidi
with estimated magnitude, but perhaps underestimated: - (minus) 4.5!
3 - Latitude and Longitude of observing station:
Lat 46.933300 North -
Long 26.366600 East -
4- Date of sighting:
M11 Y2011 D19
H 00 M 29 S 29 - (Universal Time)]
-astro-photo-poem by Alfredo Caronia (Italy,
co-discoverer of 5 asteroids,
established in Romania)-
Unlikely arrow,
simultaneous
breach in the sky,
domineering competitor
of impacts
of reflections of the moon,
flash of light
expected or unhoped for,
expression of a procedure
for image capture,
entrusted to the computer,
expectations in a
a thrill of enthusiasm inner
culminated in a flare,
result of a processing of
scientific approach
with rigor;
statistics for a flight in the cosmos
to be dreamed and simultaneously
to be interpreted
as a sign of pure science,
contact traces
expressed in flashes of energy
sometimes marked by deep sounds,
symbols sibilant
of the cosmos
closest to us,
complete symbiosis,
inspiration of the sky
and calculation tool,
exciting challenge,
sign and emotion
of a wait.
3.3.12
-by John Francis Haines (England, UK,
leader of the Eight Hand Gang - British network of SF poets,
editor of Handshake)-
I missed the fireball streak across the sky
That set alarm calls ringing across the land
As people thought a plane was crashing, or
A UFO had brought aliens from on high
(Their mission to invade had long been planned)
But, most likely it was just a meteor.
METEOR
(variant)
-by Monica Ceapoiu-
In the warm and clear night,
watching the light of stars,
I saw a meteor falling.
Walking my thought
through the Milky Way,
I wanted to know:
"Where did you disappear
now, when you are
just a boulder of star?"
MAKE A WISH ON A SHOOTING STAR
(Option A)
-by Antonio Martinez Picar (Spain,
member of the International Meteor Organization,
born in Venezuela)-
Dear shooting star,
seeing you was a beautiful, unexpected and close gift
and because of it,
today all my hope is monopolized
METEOR-MAN
(sequence from the 15th annual Astropoetry Show
at the International Meteor Conference, September 2011, Sibiu, Romania)
-image by Tom Roeland (Belgium,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
AT PERSEIDS 2011
-photographic poem by Ciprian Grigorescu-
WAITING FOR THE PERSEIDS 2011 IN THE FAGARAS MOUNTAINS
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
DEFINITIONS
-by Pompiliu Alexandru-
Meteors are
burning ideas.
Meteorites are
unveiled, extinguished ideas.
TANKA
-by Steve Sneyd (England, UK,
editor of Data Dump and director of Hilltop Press,
laureate of the Peterson Trophy)-
Twin suns death dancing
tear gobbets of hot flesh : shared
world pretends nothing
much just presents a gain who
hurl harmless lost meteor dreams
LONGING FOR SECOND
-by Diana Mitrut-
The light,
quivering from eternal oath,
talks to a stone flake:
cruel and lost night eyes,
a whisper...
and the chase toward the Earth!
HUNTING FIREBALLS BY ALL SKY CAMERA
-photographic poem by Jos Nijland (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
PERSEUS AND THOR
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Perseus was a great hero-semi god
in Greek mythology.
He committed a lot of braveries
helped by his favorite instruments:
a sword, a shield, two sandals and a helmet.
Today a constellation reminds us of him.
Thor was a great hero-god
in Norse mythology.
He committed a lot of braveries
helped by his favorite instruments:
a belt, a hammer, two iron gloves and a helmet.
Today a nebula reminds us of him.
It is certain that after so many years
they continue to wear helmets on their heads
to not be perturbed and defeated
by radiation
from gravitational mythologies.
PERSEUS GALAXY CLUSTER
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
THOR'S HELMET
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
SN2011FE
-Mircea Pteancu-
Hi astronomical nation!
Last night I could find,
with my astronomical instruments
and in spite of adverse conditions
(full Moon, thin clouds, atmospheric nebulosity),
the SN2011fe Supernova,
which burst out 21 million years ago in the M101 Galaxy.
The Earth was in Neozoic,
a geological age in which the neogen celebrated its beginnings
when the torch of SN2011fe lightened the far galaxy.
"Vedi supernova e puoi...''.
Sublime!
M101 WITHOUT AND WITH SN2011FE
-photo-collage by Radu Gherase-
NEUTRINOS
-a September 2011 collective astrodrama by Romanians from all over the world-
Laurentiu Alimpie:
Did you hear the news about the CERN measurements?
Neutrino, speed > c?
Radu Gherase:
Yes, I saw it.
But maybe they will try a new measurement.
Oliver Dragan:
It seems there were the same results
in 15,000 experiments and three years.
Valeriu Tudose (Holland):
Probably, unknown systematic errors.
Laurentiu Alimpie:
Probably.
But what a pity.
This current Universe becomes boring.
Costel Birza:
But maybe the moral egocentrism
pushes people to not recognize anything new
and to consider Einstein's postulates as intangible...
Valeriu Tudose (Holland):
Possibly.
Or the knowledge in physics.
Marian Lucian Achim:
But maybe the laws of physics must be re-written
to go further...
Alin Tolea (USA):
No chance.
Maybe some of the clocks which were used
had a lazier transistor...
Laurentiu Alimpie:
I still dream of motors
propulsed by tachyons.
Valeriu Tudose (Holland):
The computer which you use to write this message
is an argument that the fundamental laws
are well-written.
Laurentiu Alimpie:
Maybe the predecessors of Einstein thought the same,
swinging in an armchair.
We are also swinging in front of the computer.
So please let me
dream of space ships and inter-stellar trips.
Tavi 349:
Of course, the world is large
and there is room enough for SF dreams.
The Universe is fractal and infinite.
Adrian Buzatu:
But if the result is confirmed
it is a revolution in physics.
Mircea Pteacu:
I heard a Romanian scientist who tried to calm us,
saying that many people will study this problem.
A robust thinking, such as:
"If a woman gives birth to a child in 9 months,
then three women will give birth to a child in 3 months".
Valeriu Tudose (Holland):
I am curious how the disparity between neutrinos and photons
in the case of SN 1987 took a few hours
(the emission of neutrinos precedes the emissions of photons
in most models of supernova outbursts).
Dan Stanciu:
Soon, we could find the assertion that
time does not exist, only motion exists.
I think that time is just a way to simplify the verbal communication.
Without the time notion we would say, for instance,
let's meet one another when
the solar disk centre is in the ascension of...
Tavi 349:
But where do those neutrinos hurry?
Danut Ionescu (New Zealand):
Theoretically, Einstein was constrained by mathematical rules,
where something divided to zero goes to the infinite.
He did not infirm Newton's gravity,
but he replaced the fixed point which generated motion
with the relativist system of motion.
I believe in the CERN measurement.
Alexandru Tudorica (Germany):
Einstein postulated that the speed of light
is the maximum speed which can transmit information or energy
in the Universe.
But no physicist considers a theory "tabu".
So let's await other similar experiments.
I know nobody using relativistic mechanics
to calculate the trajectory of a stone.
Valeriu Tudose (Holland):
Regarding superluminic speeds,
all galaxies at a redshift bigger than 1.5
depart from us with speeds
greater than the speed of light.
Radu Gherase:
But it seems this is the secret of "dark energy":
far galaxies are "helped" to exceed the speed of light
by space expansion.
Alexandru Tudorica (Germany):
In a way it's improper to say that
galaxies depart from us with x speed,
it's just space which expands with that speed.
Traian Abrudan (Finland):
I think it's difficult to understand such aspects
because, in the theory of generalized relativity,
many try to understand them by using Euclidean geometry,
which we see daily and is limited.
Adrian Buzatu:
Yes, the Universe is in expansion,
this is not philosophy,
but a fact like a balloon continually inflated.
Danut Ionescu (New Zealand):
In the past
it took some time till the astronomers accepted that
comets are extra-atmospheric objects
and Andromeda is an extra-galactic object.
Adrian Buzatu:
Maybe some day we'll prove that
the Earth is not flat, but round,
and it is not the centre of the Universe.
Not even its own centre.
Dragos Bora:
I think it's time for a quotation from the great Romanian dramatist
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912):
"One from two: to revise, I accept, but to change nothing,
or to not revise, I accept, but to change here and there, in the essential points.
From this dilemma you cannot escape."
Andrei Dorian Gheorghe:
If I'd be a tale hero,
I'd use a neutrino
faster than the speed of light
as my horse
and I'd save the children
from bad dreams in the night
cause all dragons would be lost,
of course.
CURVED SPACE
-photo by Cristina Tinta-
RELATIVISTIC JET OF M87
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
CRAZY BOULDER
-by Dominic Diamant-
A planet asked an asteroid:
“Where are you going,
crazy boulder?
Just tell me.”
“I need to fuse into a hot star.
Don’t you see?”
SUN AND SKY
-photographic poem by Jos Nijland (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
STRATOSPHERIUM 2011
(2011.10.15:
a new East European record of height
for an air balloon: 35304m)
-a project by the ‘Science and Technique” magazine team, with the support of
YO3kSR and the Romanian Space Agency-ROSA;
leaders: Catalin Beldea (project’s founder) and Florin Mingireanu;
images:
1. Launch
2. Moon
3. Box Recovery-
WHY
-by Nicoleta Georgiana Coman-
If in essence we are pure rainbows
If our hopes are oases in the desert
Why do some of us prefer atheism
Why are so many souls almost inert
If the smile of a child is an answer
If falling stars just accomplish dreams
Why is sincerity always hidden
Why do stars have untouchable beams
ROADS TOWARDS THE HEAVENS IN LA PALMA
-photographic poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
SHADOW OF ENLIGHTENMENT
-by Tony Berendsen (USA,
owner of Tahoe Star Tours,
president of Northern Nevada Science Coalition)-
Rene' how thou are
Witness the emergence of a star
We are, and so beguiled
Occulted once and few awhile
A dimming so subtle
To miss would be less
Than a mote of dust
Past a cathedral 's spire.
But, within the dusty dimness
Kant and Copernicus within us
The tinny disk of Venus
Traversed our nearest star.
Impossibly, without braving space
Our essence rose to find a distance,
To mark, to measure our existence
Within the frightening wonder
Of our mind's persistence.
GOLDEN SNOW TRACES ON A SOLAR ROAD
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
BLUE SNOWBALL NEBULA
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
SPACE FOOTBALL
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Most of the people
like terrestrial football (soccer)
but some of them dream of
a future space football
for which the ideal balls,
after their formula,
would be heavenly bodies...
or even a round nebula!
JULY 2011
-by Marian Niculescu and Mircea Pteancu-
It seems that the Hubble telescope
still delights us through its discoveries.
For instance, a recent article says that Hubble saw
the 4th satellite of the former planet Pluto,
named P4.
(after the well-known Charon, the other two, Hydra and Nix,
were also discovered due to images taken by the Hubble).
Nasty dwarf planet!
THE LAST GIANT
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Be quiet please
Triton is just Neptune's satellite,
not his Trident
NEPTUN AND TRITON
-photo-collage by Adrian Bruno Sonka-
HOURGLASS
-by Ion Pantazi (1931-2006)-
The rotating Earth and all nature
demand me.
So beautiful life gives me a spark
and then abandons me.
The clock strikes hours
as minutes,
and my seconds go
to the past.
The winter becomes white and cold,
and I am caught by thrills.
A tear on my check,
I see but I don't know…
In spite of my hard steps,
I'm still alive and I still hope
to catch another season
with lime blossoms and some fine rainbow.
RAINBOW
-photo by Cornel Cuciureanu-
FACTS
-photo by Calin Niculae-
LUNAR HALO WITH JUPITER
(2011.12.06)
-by Mircea Pteancu-
A few minutes ago
I came back home with my lunette,
after I watched,
through thin clouds and mist,
Capella, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse and,
like the vague memory of a shadow,
M42.
But the Moon, Jupiter and the halo
continue to be OK.
LUNAR HALO WITH JUPITER
(2011.12.06)
photos by
1. Paul Tuns
2. Lucian Hudin
DIMENSIONAL VARIANTS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
What an inversion!
Watching by the naked eye
the Moon next to a planet
seems just like
watching by the telescope
a planet next to a satellite.
What an invention!
JUPITER
-photo by Marian Lucian Achim-
JUPITER AND IO
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
IO
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
PLANETS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Oh you dear planets
brilliant Olympic Gods in
the Solar System!
ASTRAL FLIGHT SINCHRONICITY
WITH VENUS AND SELENE
-surrealistic image by Ciprian Grigorescu-
JUPITERIANA
-photo-collages by Adrian Bruno Sonka-
VENUS AND JUPITER -
PLANETARY DANCE
-surrealistic photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
DETECTIVE OF THE SUN
-Virgil V Scurtu-
I recently observed in the Sun a lonely sunspot,
which made me thing of the unique star
from the former flag of Texas,
named "a lone star".
Paradoxically, I heard about it
neither from history books,
nor from astronomy books,
but from a story with Sherlock Holmes...
PINES OF THE SUN
-photo by Mihai Curtasu-
FOREST SUN IN HAWAII
-photo by Klaus Lowitz (Germany,
born in Romania)-
AFRICAN SUN IN ZAMBIA
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
SOLAR TRAINSET
-photo by Ciprian Grigorescu-
BIRDS TRANSIT THE SUN
-photo by Adrian Apostol-
MERCURY TRANSIT OF THE SUN
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Usually Mercury is the most unhappy planet,
being both lit and "shaded" by
the Sun's vicinity and brightness.
But from time to time,
the frustration of the former god of trade
bursts into rebellious moments of glory,
when he transits the much too hot solar disk
and, for those who watch him by telescope,
he becomes the most courageous flying being.
MERCURY TRANSITS THE SUN IN 2003
WATCHED BY A MUCH BIGGER SUNSPOT
-photo by Alex Conu-
WEATHER ON MERCURY
-by Adrian Bruno Sonka and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Good morning!
It's a sunny day on Mercury
with 400 degrees.
If it is too hot
and you want to refresh a little,
please jump to Venus.
VENUS TRANSIT 2004
-photo by Alex Conu-
RHYMED HAIKU
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Fascinating flight
blessing the clear and dark skies:
Zodiacal Light!
ZODIACAL LIGHT IN ROMANIA
-photo by Catalin Paduraru 'Sarpe"-
ZODIACAL LIGHT IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
-photo by Loredana Jucan-
ZODIACAL LIGHT IN NAMIBIA, AFRICA
-photo by Casper ter Kuile (Holland,
member of the International Meteor Organization)-
QUATRAIN
-by Dominic Diamant-
The Earth is quite full of
tunnels and galleries.
Is it a risk to live
from astral reveries?
THE SUNSET OF A DECADE IN ROMANIA
-photo by Ciprian Grigorescu-
SHADOW GRAPHICS IN RUSSIA
-photo by Konstantin Yakovlev (Russia)-
OBSERVATIONAL EVENING BETWEEN CATHEDRALS IN LINZ
-photo by Johannes Stubler (Austria,
ambassador and national coordinator of Astronomers Without Borders,
member of The World At Night)-
LIGHT ARCHITECTURE IN MOROCCO
-photo by Cristina Tinta-
BARCELONA PHOTONS WALKING
-photo by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
STARRY NIGHT OVER THE BUCEGI MOUNTAINS
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
HAIKU
-by Gelu Claudiu Radu-
I'm flying away
to the end of Universe.
Who turned off the light?
STARS AND A HUNT OBSERVATORY IN ROMANIA
-photo by Silviu Matei-
STARS AND AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
IN TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA
-photo by Chiorean Tarfin and Valentin Radoi-
ASTROPOETIC COLLAGE
-by Boris Marian (Mehr)-
The sky is an immense dial.
The Sun does not know he emits rays.
Can the wind chase the light away?
The mirror does not reflect the idea.
The Earth is imprecise,
he does not talk about passion,
he just remembers Bach,
a blue Bach.
The void is the nest of light.
Sometimes the heavenly brightness
gathers into a puddle.
When principles hit people,
I prefer people.
And I like the truant student
who will go to receive
the Nobel Prize for astronomy,
delaying.
NIGHTS AT
THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY
IN LA SILLA, CHILE,
AND AT THE NORTHEN EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY
IN LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS
-photographic poem by Ovidiu Vaduvescu-
MAKE A WISH ON A SHOOTING STAR
(Option B)
-by Antonio Matinez Picar (Spain,
member of the International Meteor Organization,
born in Venezuela)-
amongst all shooting stars
there was a very special one,
unforgettable,
it is very good
knowing you are so close
ASTROGIRLS
-photographic poem by Cristina Tinta-
HE IS MIHAI EMINESCU!
(dedication to the Romanian national poet)
-by Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society,
born in Romania)-
When I heard about Eminescu
I was in love with a girl.
When I read Eminescu
I had a dream to fly as the Evening Star.
When I understood Eminescu
I understood what means
To be a poet of Astronomy
Because Eminescu is
The poet of Astrometry,
The poet of Astrophysics,
The poet of Cosmology.
BUSY NIGHTS
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru "Sarpe"-
HAPPINESS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
The light of a prominent day
remains over time in our souls
as a sun pillar
or a crepuscular ray.
SOLAR PROMINENCE
-photo by Octavian Stanescu-
DRAMATIC SUN
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
SUNSET
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
CREPUSCULAR RAYS
-photo by Laurentiu Alimpie-
SUN PILLAR
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
URBAN MOON
-by Iulian Olaru-
Like an astrotear
over an illuminated town
in the night
LOST IN SUNSET,
SAVED BY THE NIGHT
-photographic poem by Danut Ionescu (New Zealand,
Auckland Astronomical Society,
born in Romania)-
SET
-by Horia Ganea (1936-2004)-
A child slept in my bed,
feeble breath,
as if you would leaf through water.
The Moon with her ethereal beams
composed the phantom
with life from her lives.
Then the boy began to cry,
so I took the beams in my hands
and I sang a lullaby
till I began to set.
FLYING TO THE MOON
-photo by Andreea Fazacas-
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT,
WITH OR WITHOUT A HALO
-photographic poem by Adrian Apostol-
SELENE VISITS PLANETS
(1. Jupiter, 2012.01.03;
2. Mars, 2012.01.07;
3. Venus and Jupiter, + the Pleiades star cluster, 2012.03.27)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
MOON!
-photographic poem by Minodora Carmen Lipcanu-
MOON IN COLORS
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
WINTER OBSERVATIONS
-by Mircea Pteancu-
One night I caught a half hour of clear sky
and I observed by binoculars
the multiple star 57 Persei
and the three clusters of stars in Auriga.
Then the sky was swept by cyrrus clouds,
so I ordered:
"Down periscope!
Winter immersion!
Let's go home!"
And my crew,
consisting of my cat,
followed me!
WINTER SKY
(1. California Nebula and the Pleiades
2. Orion
3. M42)
-photographic poem by Vlad Dumitrescu-
2012 JANUARY 6TH
-astro-photo-poem by Dan Uza-
I send you a few images
with the lunar halo I saw this evening.
It seems that the Moon's passing
through the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic
condenses lunar overflows
to Taurus, the Pleiades, Orion...
ASTROQUADRANT AND ASTROLAB
-astro-art-poem by Mircea Pteancu-
I've finalized two quadrants
through which I can "aim" stars
with maximum magnitude of three.
I've also finished the dial
of another old instrument for navigation,
a maritime astrolab.
All of them,
for determining the route on sea,
romantically served to measure
stellar altitudes in the sky.
PLEIADES AS WINTER BLOSSOMS
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
PLEIADES
-photo by Marian Lucian Achim-
PLEIADES
-painting by Ramona Achim-
PLEIADES
-image by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
THE MOON FOR CHILDREN
-by Ioana Gheorghe-
Through my window, soon,
I'll look at the Moon,
A mysterious queen
Who likes to be seen
Lightening the nights
Among stellar flights.
And he's not too far,
Just the Evening Star,
A fine courtier
Who likes to watch her!
MOON-VENUS CONJUNCTION
(2012.01.26)
-photo by Catalin Timosca-
CELESTIAL DRAGON
-by Dan Mitrut-
He swallowed a nova
and drank water of petals,
but his new teeth remained
imprinted on the mirror of the weightless sky.
The dragon was bored by immortality
and wanted just to be coquettish,
but that constellated place was too small,
so he could not dress a tailcoat,
he just used gum boots with flowers.
Now he is guarding the sky,
dreaming of cold Draconids.
ZOOCONSTELLATIONS
1. The Dolphin;
2. The Dogs Accompany Orion to Hunt
3. Ursa Major over Feleac Observatory)
-photographic poem by Dan Uza-
HEAVENLY ECOZOOLOGY
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
I participated at more conferences
on ecology and animal protection,
and every time my message was:
do not pollute the skin
of constellations and nebulae!
ZOONEBULAE
(1. Crab Nebula
2. Elephant's Trunk
3. Eagle Nebula)
-photographic poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
MOON, VENUS, JUPITER
(2012.02.24)
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Not Led Zeppelin
not Stairway to Heaven but
heavenly stairway
HEAVENLY STAIRWAY OVER BUCHAREST
(2012.02.24)
-photo by Mihai Curtasu-
ALIGNMENT OF LIGHT OVER DUMITRANA
(2012.02.24)
-photographic poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
VENUS-MOON CONJUNCTION IN CLUJ
(2012.02.25)
-astro-photo-poem by Dan Uza-
Among grey buildings,
where the sign of civilization touches all,
the mystery of the star circle
was lost a long time ago:
people have filled the horizons with artificial lights,
constellations without the aspect of legendary heroes,
but with the aspect of modern public illumination networks.
However, one evening
maybe you saw a bright star
next to the Moon's sickle...
VENUS-MOON CONJUNCTION AND JUPITER IN TIMISOARA
(2012.02.25)
-photographic poem by Laurentiu Alimpie-
VENUS-MOON CONJUNCTION PLUS JUPITER IN DUMITRANA
(2012.02.25)
-photographic poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
VENUS-MOON CONJUNCTION PLUS MERCURY AND JUPITER
IN TARGOVISTE
(2012.02.25)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
TEIDE AND THE OBSERVATORY
(FEBRUARY 2012, TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS)
-astro-photo-poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
Teide!
Western view of the observatory...
Eastern view of the observatory...
Solar telescopes sleep at night...
Twilight, Teide, Jupiter, zodiacal light and blanket clouds...
A fire stone near the fire mountain...
In the volcanic crater:
light and warmth...
And
.
.
.
Home!
MOON-JUPITER-VENUS OVER DRACULA'S TOWER IN TARGOVISTE
(2012.02.27)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
AT OBSERVATORIO DEL ROQUE DE LOS MUCHACHOS,
LA PALMA, FEBRUARY 2012
-astro-photo-poem by Alex Tudorica (post-university student in Germany,
member of SARM, born in Romania)-
Isaac Newton and William Herschel...
telescopes!
DOT - Dutch Open Telescope,
of course!
Cherenkov realm...
MAGIC and FACT...
MAGIC is magic!
2 MARCH 2012
-astro-photo-poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
An evening with astrophotographs
on the Arges River, at Dumitrana.
Main subject:
the evening alignment with
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter at the Western horizon,
and the beautiful Moon one day after the First Quarter,
somewhere over the constellation Orion.
A few minutes after the session beginning
I was lucky to catch
a -1 magnitude meteor.
Soon after, another luck:
the International Space Station thought
to pass through the same field.
Then we changed the observational place,
going 2 km to the north,
where some clouds created halos
around Venus and Jupiter…
and a partial halo
around the Moon.
Yes, it was a
truly observational evening!
AT TAURANGA MAORI STAR COMPASS
-credit by Haritina Mogosanu (New Zealand,
born in Romania)-
OLD ASTRONOMICAL CHURCH CLOCK IN GDANSK, POLAND
-photo by Javor Kac (Slovenia)-
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING IN NORTHERN IRELAND
-photo by Malcolm Currie (England)-
PUBLIC PAINTING IN BAREGES, FRANCE
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
SOLAR MOSAIC AT ASTRA LIBRARY IN SIBIU, ROMANIA
-photo by Bernd Brinkmann (Germany)-
AN INCREDIBLE RESTAURANT IN SATU MARE (ROMANIA)
NAMED AFTER A FAMOUS PHENOMENON
-credit: Sorin Hotea-
5 MARCH 2012
-astro-photo-poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
A rapid session
for photographing the sunset.
I captured a special atmospheric phenomenon:
a green ray,
which can be observed in the upper side
of the solar limbus,
like a greenish “cloud of plasma”
radiating from the Sun.
In the opposite side of the sunset,
an immense beacon warmed itself for the cold night,
advancing from a distance of
a few tens of minutes.
SOLAR APEX
-by Dominic Diamant-
An angel said to the Sun:
“I know you would like
to live with your planets
in the constellation Lyra,
but take care, my friend,
you could be caught by
the strong arms of Hercules!”
SEQUENCES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
SEEN FROM TERRA’S NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
-photo-composition by Maximilian Teodorescu-
My 7th ISS Transit (2012.03.03) :
Mare Humorum and Crater Gassendi (2012.03.04) :
AR 1424 (2012.03.06) :
Martian Visions (2012.03.9/10) :
Saturn and Titan (2012.03.9/10) :
Mars (soon after opposition) in March (2012.03.10/11) :
MARTIAN
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
When your eyes step on Mars
is not the same with
when your steps eye on Mars.
GREETINGS FROM A “MARTIAN” EXPEDITION
-photographic poem by Haritina Mogosanu (New Zealand,
Education Coordinator - KiwiSpace Foundation,
Publicity Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand,
President of NZ Mars Society,
born in Romania)-
(Note:
Haritina Mogosanu is the first person in the world who represented two hemispheres
in expeditions at The Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA.
Thus, in 2011 she was a member in the Romanian Space Agency-ROSA expedition,
and in April 2012 she was the commander - and project author -
of the Kiwi Mars expedition from New Zealand)
photos:
1. Eastern Horizon
2. From Musk Observatory
3. MDRS of the Milky Way
GAMES OF PLANETS
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Today we are glad
to observe the solar system’s planets
and their games:
elongations, transits, oppositions,
conjunctions…
but I suspect that in the future
some of us will be even happier
to observe caprices of…
exoplanets!
CURVE OF LIGHT
(On 8 March, 2012
two Romanian astronomers observed from Galati Observatory
the transit of the exoplanet HAT-P-27/WASP-40 b
over a 12.2 visual magnitude star from the constellation Virgo,
placed at a distance of 665 light years.)
-by Jan Ovidiu Tercu and Alex Dumitriu-
BINARY ECLIPSING STAR ALGOL
3-DAY VARIABILITY
-photo by Minodora Carmen Lipcanu-
BINARY ECLIPSING SYSTEM
-image by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
HOMING PIGEONS
-by Marge Simon (USA,
laureate of the Rhysling Award)-
We bring frozen zygotes numbering billions
diverse flora and fauna for adaptations,
to engineer another Earth-type planet
with creatures suited to habitable worlds.
Circling Alpha Centauri we find
a world much like our own,
at a stage like Earth's Pleistocene,
almost tailor-made to our objectives.
Our shuttle lands with plans
to alter and improve the higher species
and send evolution speeding forward.
Yet what we thought was primitive is not.
This is a rejuvenated world, ruled by lifeforms
with intelligence that far surpasses ours.
Our race began here millenniums past,
adaptive products of their own invention.
They'd placed us in the system we call Sol.
"So what are we doing here?" we ask.
In the austere cold of their examination room,
the natives tell us we've come home.
TIME TUNNEL,
OR TIME RELATIVITY.
OR COMING BACK FROM AN INTER-STELLAR TRIP
-image by Harry Minti (Israel,
professor at Jerusalem University;
born in Romania,
where he was a professional astronomer)-
JUPITER AND VENUS,
A SKY PROLOGUE TO GAM 2012
-by Iulian Olaru-
During the evening
two buds of light
smiling to the world
VENUS AND JUPITER
(2012.03.12)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
VENUS AND JUPITER ALIGNEMENT
-photo by Diana Bodea (Ibiza, Spain,
born in Romania)-
VENUS-JUPITER CONJUNCTION
(2012.03.13)
-astro-photo-poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
This evening I went to Magurele
to photograph the Venus-Jupiter conjunction.
In the opposite side of the sky,
Mars throned like a real king of war,
next to another king,
Leo.
POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA IN LEO
(2012.03.20)
-words and photo by Alex Tudorica-
...and we have another bright supernova,
colloquially called PSN J10435372+1140177,
this time in M95,
discovered five days ago by the Italian Supernovae Search Project…
VENUS AND JUPITER
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
Sun beyond Venus
and the starry infinite
beyond Jupiter
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER SIGHET
(2012.03.13)
-photo by Sorin Hotea-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER DRACULA’S TOWER CHINDIA
(2012.03.14)
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER YOUTH PARK, BUCHAREST
(2012.03.15)
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru Sarpe-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER TARGOVISTE
(2012.03.15)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
HAIKU
-by Gerald England (England, UK,
Editor of New Hope International,
honorary member of the International Writers and Artists Association,
laureate of the Ted Slade Award)-
twilight
an incoming jet flies by
Venus twinkles
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER VACARESTI ZONE
(2012.03.16)
-photographic poem by Ciprian Grigorescu-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER VACARESTI ZONE
(2012.03.16)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
VENUS AND JUPITER IN ZODIACAL LIGHT
(2012.03.17)
-photographic poem by Maximilian Teodorescu-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER TARGOVISTE
(2012.03.17)
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
VENUS AND JUPITER OVER MARISEL OBSERVATORY, CLUJ
(2012.03.18)
-photo by Dan Uza-
CELESTIAL CALLS
-by Tit Tihon-
Over my constellation,
the sun seemed to stop.
I listened to celestial calls
and I asked myself if I existed.
Time was lost in the abysses
from among the stars.
I was lost in the Universe,
under the tree
of immortality.
ARP 214
(2012.03.19)
-photo by Radu Gherase-
SPRING EQUINOX 2012
WITH THE SUN AND PROMINENCES
(2012.03.21)
-photographic poem by Horatiu Fluieras-
SPRING EQUINOX 2012
WITH VENUS, JUPITER AND THE PLEIADES
(2012.03.21)
-photographic poem by ValentinGrigore-
SPRING EQUINOX 2012
WITH COMET GARRADD
(2012.03.21)
-by Cornel Apetroaiei-
UNDER THE SIGN OF VENUS AT BAIA MARE
(2012.03.24)
-photo by Victor Lupu-
MOON, JUPITER AND VENUS AT SIGHET
(2012.03.24)
-photo by Sorin Hotea-
MOON, JUPITER AND VENUS AT VACARESTI
(2012.03.24)
-photographic poem by Ciprian Grigorescu-
AN EVENING WITH VENUS, JUPITER, PLEIADES
AND THE GREY LIGHT OF THE MOON
(2012.03.25)
-photographic poem by Valentin Grigore-
MOON, JUPITER AND VENUS IN THE FOREST
(2012.03.25)
-photo by Maximilian Teodorescu-
MOON AND VENUS IN DAYLIGHT
(2012.03.26)
-by Dan Uza;
photos:
1. Dan Uza;
2-3. Catalin Timosca-
Today I achieved an older dream:
I saw by the naked eye
the planet Venus at noon
For this I had to create my own solar eclipse
by taking refuge in the shadow of a block of flats
in my city, Cluj.
Hidden from sunbeams,
I remarked a small “star”
placed at two fingers distance from the Moon’s sickle.
(It is said that, when Napoleon Bonaparte visited Luxembourg,
he felt offended that the people
were captivated more
by a celestial appearance in the noon sky
than of the presence of his high person.
People watched Venus in daylight,
but such visibility conditions are rare.)
At 30 km distance of Cluj, in Turda,
my friend Catalin Timosca
responded to my photographic challenge:
MOON AND VENUS AT BUCHAREST
(2012.03.26)
-photographic poem by Catalin Paduraru ‘Sarpe”-
MOON, JUPITER AND VENUS AT SFANTU GHEORGHE
(2012.03.26)
-photo by Zoltan Koszta-
SKY AGGLOMERATION OVER TARGOVISTE
(2012.03.27)
-photo by Valentin Grigore-
END OF MARCH 2012
-by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe-
After so much variation
around the brightest planets,
which culminated with their conjunction,
I had a revelation.
I found out another Winter Triangle,
much larger,
in which the three corners were:
the usual Sirius,
plus… just Venus and Jupiter!
Out of my vision,
the classical corners Betelgeuse and Procyon
abandoned any claims,
embarrassed that their masters,
Orion and the Lesser Dog,
seemed to be timorous of
the majestic alliance of
the two planets…
GAM 2012 IS COMING
WITH JUPITER, AND VENUS NEXT TO THE PLEIADES!!!
(2012.03.30)
-photos by Valentin Grigore-
…AND THE OPENING OF GAM 2012
DURING “EARTH HOUR”
(2012.03.31)
IN TARGOVISTE
(the headquarters of SARM)
-photos by Valentin Grigore, Florin Stancu and Adrian Apostol-
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