Advertisements There’s a bright “you shouldn’t miss this” event occuring during the late February, 2012. The objects are so bright that casual sky watchers can
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February 2012 Skywatching
Advertisements Orion, winter’s flagship constellation, is in the southern skies during the evening hours of February. The pattern is easily found by locating three stars
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Advertisements Taurus the Bull is visible high in southern skies during January January opens with a sky full of stars and planets in the evening
Read moreSkywatching, December 2011
Advertisements Image Credit The Sun reaches its southern-most point in its yearly travels at 11:30 p.m. CST on December 21, signalling the beginning of winter
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Advertisements The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is captured in full in this new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared
Read moreSky Watching — August 2011
Advertisements A Perseid Meteor Image Credit The player above is for the Abrams Planetarium Podcast for August 2011 August is Perseid Meteor Shower time.
Read moreObserving the Sky in July 2011
Advertisements NASA Photo This month: There is a partial solar eclipse visible only from the ocean south-east of Africa. It is not visible from anywhere in North
Read moreSummer Solstice 2011
Advertisements In celebration of the beginning of summer 2011!
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Advertisements Image Credit June 2011 Moon Phases New June 1 First Quarter June 8 Full Moon June 15 Last Quarter June 23 The month of maximum sunlight opens
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Advertisements Moon Phases NASA Photo The charts above show the planets on May 1 and May 2 at around 5:20 a.m. CDT in Chicago. On
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