by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 10, 2015 | Meteor Showers, The Sky Tonight
Perseid Meteor Shower at New Moon The 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to be better than its been in years, due to the New Moon on Thursday, August 13, 2015. Perseid Meteor Shower 2015 from CNN The Perseid Meteor Shower normally peaks the night of August 11-12....
by Sandy Eulitt | Sep 15, 2012 | Archive, Involvement, The Sky Tonight
Looking West Southwest at sunset local time tonight, you should see Mars and Saturn right near each other and just above the horizon. A pair of binoculars might enable you to see some features, or one of Saturn’s rings. New Moon also begins at 7:10 pm local...
by Sandy Eulitt | Jun 4, 2012 | Archive
I spent the afternoon getting the Celestron 25×100 astronomical binoculars out for tomorrow’s Transit of Venus event. I also got out my deep sky images book and some other astronomical items, so we can do a bit of viewing of the night sky if weather and...