Your checklist for viewing the 2018 Perseid meteor shower
…at a dark site and do it very early Monday morning, August 13, 2018, before the sky begins to brighten from the approaching sunrise. The Perseid meteor shower will produce…
…at a dark site and do it very early Monday morning, August 13, 2018, before the sky begins to brighten from the approaching sunrise. The Perseid meteor shower will produce…
…to help people do more, feel better, live longer. For further information please visit www.gsk.com About Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is a unit of the…
…summer camps for children, afterschool programs, memberships, public viewings of astronomical events and public lectures. Since 2010, Morehead has produced the North Carolina Science Festival. Between traditional onsite offerings and…
…Moon will have already set. Moonset times do vary a bit by location, by the way. You can check your moonset time at the US Naval Observatory site. For Chapel Hill,…
…dimmer meteors from view. If you’re viewing from your own yard, consider inviting your neighbors – and asking them to turn off their outside lights. From a reasonably dark site,…
…Morehead’s Carolinas Solar Eclipse Party webpage. The direct link is https://moreheadplanetarium.org/sites/default/files/images/EclipseCerealBoxViewer.pdf But it can be even easier than that. You can also do pinhole projection with: 2. A colander. The holes can act like pinhole…
…Hill’s Back Bar. Also check out NASA’s 2017 eclipse site and the American Astronomical Society’s site. The Morehead eclipse page includes a map of eclipse events in the Carolinas, along with links to safety information,…
…on Monday, August 21, 2017. Credit: Michael Zeiler, www.GreatAmericanEclipse.com You Might Also Like… 10 things for North Carolinians to know about the eclipse Can’t get eclipse glasses? You can still view…