How to find Mars in the sky
…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…
…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…
…hands-on astronomy activities related to this year’s Star Party theme: “Anyone Out There?” – the search for life in the universe. Depending on which activities the hosts have decided to…
…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…
…8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10th, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 14th, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 14th, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are buy one get one free on Friday, February 9th for students…
…Lights Event (sign up soon, tickets are going fast!) * Those in the southern hemisphere will experience the summer solstice, the beginning of summer and the longest day of the year….
December 21, 2017 By Amy Sayle This week offers you an opportunity for a sky show at a reasonable hour. One of the best meteor showers of the year –…
…Senior Director of Community Relations at Cary, NC-based analytics company SAS Institute Inc., for her continued support of STEM education. Goodnight serves on a number of boards committed to education,…
…consider these other methods, too. A number of people have marveled to us about their memories of partial solar eclipses from years past where they were walking under trees and…
…safety page. An easy, cheap, and surprisingly satisfying method for viewing the Sun (whether it’s partially eclipsed or just another ordinary day) is eclipse glasses. But make sure you get…
…too far away. Its light takes about 800 years to reach us. So we see the star as it looked when the light left it eight hundred years ago, or…