How to view the 2022 Geminid meteor shower
…But expect this year’s moonlight to reduce the number. Lower your expectations even further if, like most of us, you’re contending with artificial light pollution, too. Check the weather. You will…
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…(families with children ages 7 to 12). What if I have a question that wasn’t answered here? Please send an email to our box office at mpsc_tickets@email.unc.edu or call 919.962.1236….
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…the Box Office at 919.843.7997 or email us at mpsc_tickets@email.unc.edu at least two weeks before your visit to request this service. Interpretation assistance is dependent upon the availability of interpreting…
Why it’s worth losing sleep over the partial lunar eclipse on Nov. 19, 2021
…EST, when the eclipse is at its maximum. Dress warmly. Let’s hope it’s not as cold as it was during the lunar eclipse on January 20/21, 2019, when 800 of…
See the International Space Station fly over North Carolina on Monday evening, July 12, 2021
…weather cooperates. For those watching from or near Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Look for the space station to pass across the sky from southwest to northeast, over 7 minutes, from…
Group Visits
…public hours, you may purchase group tickets at a discount by calling the box office (919.843.7997). Group rate tickets are available when purchased by phone more than 2 weeks in…
NCSciFest celebrates Homegrown Science for 11th anniversary
…the first time in 2020, in a move that reduced the usual number of partners, events, and total participants. This year people will benefit from new virtual programming as well…
Jupiter/Saturn conjunction: Celebrate a planetary pile-up with us on the longest night of the year, December 21, 2020
…closer to each other, don’t count on being able to easily resolve them as two separate points of light. Binoculars or a telescope will help. 4. Look to the southwest….
View the Geminids! This family-friendly, curfew-friendly meteor shower peaks Sunday night, December 13, 2020
…such as the bright night-vision-blasting screen of a cellphone. 10) Know what else you’re seeing in the sky. You can download our North Carolina star map for December-January here. Be…
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