…for this free event so they can estimate attendance and contact you with any weather-related cancellation notice. Check here for upcoming skywatching sessions at Dorothea Dix Park. Story credit: The Lithuanian…
…Center is a unit of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Morehead works to serve North Carolina and beyond by bringing together the unique resources of UNC to…
…clear skies. Not that you can control the amount of cloud cover, but you can check predictions for your location using various sources, such as ClearDarkSky. Warm clothing. Even summer nights can…
…more about our planetarium shows and skywatching sessions here. You Might Also Like… “Super blood moon?” What North Carolinians can-and can’t-expect to see from the Jan. 31, 2018 lunar eclipse…
…learned about the time he spent at Carolina studying celestial navigation. It influenced me [to take] an astronomy course at Carolina – prideful that my labs were conducted in the…
…long term academic success.” said Todd R. Boyette, Ph.D. Director, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. The program is comprised of weeklong, half-day summer camps led by certified teachers for students…
…showers of the year – the Geminid meteor shower — will peak Thursday night, Dec. 13, 2018. Meteors, sometimes misleadingly called “shooting stars,” are streaks of light caused by cosmic debris…
…food trucks! Showtimes: 4:00 p.m. – Buy Tickets 4:40 p.m. – Buy Tickets 5:20 p.m. – Buy Tickets 6:10 p.m. – Buy Tickets 6:50 p.m. – Buy Tickets 7:30 p.m. – Buy Tickets The popular food…
…sky. Although they are sometimes referred to as “shooting stars,” they are not stars. They are caused when small bits of debris in space hit our planet’s atmosphere and heat…
…with less-than-perfect vision) easily, EASILY picked out Mars last night from the sky above Carrboro, in spite of nearly blinding glare from parking lot lights. As long as Mars isn’t behind something,…
