Celebrating the 2020 Fall Equinox
Photo: The rising Sun, as seen through the Fall Equinox horizon marker at the Giovale Open Deck Observatory. What is an equinox? An equinox is the moment at which which […]
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How to View the Opposition of Saturn | The Ringed Planet at its Biggest & Brightest
Photo: Sanborn/Neugent/Lowell Discovery Telescope/NSF By Madison Mooney Just as Jupiter did on the evening of July 13 and into the morning of July 14, Saturn will appear at its biggest […]
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Astronomy Is for Everyone | National Astronomy Day 2020
By Madison Mooney National Astronomy Day was started in 1973 by Doug Berger, the president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California at the time. Originally, the day was celebrated […]
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How to View the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Photo: An Eta Aquarid meteor streaks over northern Georgia on 29 April 2012. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/B. Cooke By Madison Mooney The Eta Aquarid (also spelled Eta Aquariid) meteor shower is […]
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Don’t Worry, a Giant Asteroid Isn’t Going to Hit Earth
Photo: A Doppler radar image of asteroid 1998 OR2, Arecibo Observatory/NASA/NSF By Madison Mooney There’s a lot going on in the world right now, but you can rest easy knowing […]
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How to Observe the Super Pink Moon
By Madison Mooney The biggest supermoon of 2020, known as a Super Pink Moon, will occur on April 7. However, the “super” and “pink” features of this particular Moon will […]
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