Category: Current Astronomy News
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International Observe the Moon Night October 21st
We almost missed it! Tonight (October 21st) is International Observe the Moon night. Find out more from the folks at NASA. For more about observing…
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Orionids Meteor Shower / October 21-22, 2023
One of the better known meteor showers will take place on the night of Saturday, October 21 and into the morning of Sunday, October 22.…
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Night sky viewing in North Carolina (WXII12)
FAS was in the news! Check out WXII12’s “Night sky viewing in North Carolina, meteor showers in October, and is it a fireball or a…
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Light Pollution in 2023
The night sky is one of the most spectacular scenes in nature, if you can see it. Unfortunately, artificial light gets in the way. We…
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Perseids Meteor Shower – August 12-13, 2023
One of the year’s best meteor showers will take place on the night of Saturday, August 12 and into the morning of Sunday, August 13.…
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2023 Supermoons
According to the folks at EarthSky (and they checked with Fred Espenak, formerly of NASA) there will be four successive Supermoons this year on July…
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Asteroid Day – Friday, June 30, 2023
66 million years ago, asteroid day wasn’t much fun for the dinosaurs. Just recently, there was another article about an asteroid having a close encounter…
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Total Lunar Eclipse – Morning of Tuesday November 8, 2022
It’s the dark side of the Moon! No, wait! It’s actually the light side of the Moon and a Full Moon! But there’s more! The…
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A Call to Arms for ALL Citizen Scientists
If you’re into astronomy, (chuckles lightly), you have most likely heard of the Osiris Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu. Part of that mission is…
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GTCC – 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture
GTCC’s Cline Observatory and the GTCC Foundation present Our 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture Friday, 2 October 2015, 7:30 p.m. Koury Auditorium, GTCC, Jamestown…
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Bring on the Perseids……
The International Meteor Organization has forecast peak of the Perseids meteor shower to occur Wednesday night/Thursday morning, August 12/13, between 2:30am and 5:30 am. This…