View From Mars Hill: The Planets and Their Ties to the Days of the Week
From the Arizona Daily Sun, September 4, 2021 The evening sky currently features the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn. Since ancient times, sky watchers have […]
Read MoreThis Month in Astronomy: September 2021
For some, August marks the end of summer vacation and the beginning of a new school year. For others, it’s yet another month of exciting astronomical events! Read on to learn more about what’s going on in the past and present of astronomy this month.
Read MoreView From Mars Hill: In Remembrance of Carolyn Shoemaker
From the Arizona Daily Sun, August 21, 2021 The world lost a legend on August 13 with the passing of Carolyn Shoemaker. A housewife-turned scientist, she once held the record […]
Read MoreThis Month in Astronomy | August 2021
For some, August marks the end of summer vacation and the beginning of a new school year. For others, it’s yet another month of exciting astronomical events! Read on to learn more about what’s going on in the past and present of astronomy this month.
Read MoreView from Mars Hill: The return of the Perseid Meteor Shower
As posted on the Arizona Daily Sun website on July 31, 2021 Photo: A 30-second exposure of a meteor, taken with a circular fisheye lens during the 2016 Perseid meteor […]
Read MoreClark 125th Anniversary: First Light Celebration 2021
On July 23, 1896, Lowell Observatory’s 24-inch Clark Refractor saw first light. Thus began the life of one of the world’s most storied telescopes. We’re celebrating this milestone with another […]
Read MoreThis Month in Astronomy | July 2021
As any astronomy enthusiast knows, there’s far more to see in the summer sky than fireworks. Constellations like Leo, Virgo, and Ursa Major will soon come into view, along with […]
Read MoreThis Week in Astronomy History: June 7-13
Photo: A painting of Pioneer 10’s flyby of Jupiter | Rick Guidice June 8, 1625: Giovanni Cassini born Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini was born in the municipality of Perinaldo (located […]
Read MoreSecrets of Lowell: The Putnam Collection Center
Photo: The exterior of the Putnam Collection Center | Sarah Gilbert Room to Grow In 2010, Lowell Observatory was facing a storage issue. The Slipher Building’s attic and basement were […]
Read MoreThis Week in Astronomy History: May 31-June 6
Photo: George Ellery Hale’s widow, Evelina Hale, looks through the eyepiece of the Hale Telescope during its dedication ceremony in 1966 | Associated Press June 2, 1966: Surveyor 1 soft-lands […]
Read MoreThis Week in Astronomy History: May 24-30
Photo: The dome of the Clark Refractor, the same dome–with some modifications–that still stands on Mars Hill today. The Clark dome was built in 1896 and set up at Lowell […]
Read MoreSecrets of Lowell: The Slipher Building
Photo: The Rotunda Museum and Slipher Building, photographed for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1994 | Brian Grogan, Historic American Buildings Survey Due north of the Steele Visitor Center, […]
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