Your checklist for viewing the 2018 Perseid meteor shower
…many meteors overall, but you might get a special treat: seeing a long and slow Perseid “Earth grazer.” If your goal is to see the most meteors, plan to view…
…many meteors overall, but you might get a special treat: seeing a long and slow Perseid “Earth grazer.” If your goal is to see the most meteors, plan to view…
…curious to see Mars in the night sky, this is what to look for: 1) Mars is currently very bright. Now (July 27, 2018) and for a number of weeks to come, Mars…
…10, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2018, 7 p.m. AND 8:30 p.m. These shows are for adults only, please (older teens welcome). We recommend buying tickets online in advance. All…
…with a UNC One Card. All shows are $8, you may purchase tickets online in advance or, if still available, the same day of the show you wish to see…
…Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders (not pictured above, but who also trained at Morehead) made it around the Moon, saw its far side, and returned home safely on December 27,…
…also be honoring three guests with the Morehead Medal of Science: Dorothy Vaughan– the first black supervisor at NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA), one of…
…excellent 1-minute NASA video shows how to make a viewer using a cereal box, white paper, tape, scissors, and aluminum foil: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/how-make-pinhole-projector-view-solar-eclipse You can also find written directions with photos at…
…path of totality, starting around 2:35 p.m. (times vary by location). Everyone getting the total eclipse also gets the partial eclipse before and after. In fact, all of North America…
…gets a partial eclipse. But the eclipse will be total for those in a narrow path stretching across the continent from Oregon to South Carolina. An annual solar eclipse happens February 26, 2017….
January 31, 2017 By Amy Sayle Although it certainly can be chilly, winter is a great time of year to see bright stars. Many of the brightest stars in the sky…