Skywatching at home: What do you see in the Moon?
…Sun in the sky. This means a full moon is in the sky the entire night, rising around sunset and setting around sunrise. But is full moon a good time…
…Sun in the sky. This means a full moon is in the sky the entire night, rising around sunset and setting around sunrise. But is full moon a good time…
…of the Sun is called the ecliptic, and it passes through the zodiac constellations. You might reasonably assume that on the date of your birthday, the Sun appears to lie…
…the stars? Our solar system consists of only ONE star—the Sun—and everything the Sun holds in with its gravity, including the planets you visited on your walk, dwarf planets like…
…the Sun appears in front of the constellation Aries the Ram, and not Taurus the Bull. And Durham is not known as “the Ram City.” In fact, “ram” brings to…
…these meteors is due to something quite far away—the comet called Thatcher. When this comet orbits the Sun it sheds debris, and every year Earth plows through some of those…
…sky is clear, you’ll be able to spot Venus fairly soon after sunset. Look for it in the same direction that the Sun set, toward the west. Venus in the…
…line with Earth’s orbit around the sun. Our calendar contains 365 days, but the Earth actually takes around 365.242 days to orbit the sun. To make up for this small…
…and the Sun? Well, besides being a bummer if you enjoy late sunsets, the winter solstice features the sun at its lowest point in the sky. In specific science terms, this…
…Morehead will adapt three of its educational planetarium shows for use at ECSU’s recently reopened Khan Planetarium: Earth, Moon and Sun; Solar System Odyssey; and Take Flight. Each show is aligned with elementary and middle…
November 8, 2019 By Elizabeth Smith Join us at the Morehead Sundial on Monday, November 11, 2019, to view a transit of Mercury – a direct pass of our solar…