Skywatching at home: Use Stellarium to learn the sky
April 14, 2020 By Amy Sayle We are so looking forward to when it’s safe to get together with you in person again—both at public skywatching sessions and under Morehead’s…
April 14, 2020 By Amy Sayle We are so looking forward to when it’s safe to get together with you in person again—both at public skywatching sessions and under Morehead’s…
April 10, 2020 By Samantha Dikolli Meet Melissa Fernandez, a senior from Apex, NC. Melissa, double majoring in Journalism and Political Science, has worked in a variety of positions at…
March 17, 2020 By Samantha Dikolli This month, meet Annie Bocko, a senior double majoring in Hispanic Linguistics and Human Development and Family Studies. Q: What is your name or…
December 2, 2019 More than 2,000 students will participate in free science education summer programs in 11 North Carolina counties NORTH CAROLINA — GSK, a global healthcare company with offices in…
…correct turnoff: 5253 N Roxboro St, Durham NC 27712.) Drop by any time between 8 p.m. on Friday, December 13, and 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 14. If you come between…
…system’s innermost planet between Earth and the Sun. Another transit will take place in 2032, but the next one visible from North America won’t occur until 2049. Morehead Planetarium & Science…
…Moon is first quarter. It’s a quarter of the way in its orbit around Earth, halfway between its new and full phases, and it’ll appear half lit. A first quarter…
…a free skywatching event. The address is 288 Alston House Rd, Sanford, NC 27330. We’ll provide telescope viewing with the support of members of Chapel Hill’s astronomy club, CHAOS, as well…
August 16, 2019 Thursday, September 12, 7-9 p.m. GSK Fulldome Theater, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center FREE Morehead Planetarium & Science Center presents the Chapel Hill premiere of Farmsteaders, a documentary…
…at all. At new moon, the Moon is in the part of its orbit around Earth where the Moon lies between the Sun and Earth. That gives you two reasons…