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The Dark Sky Observatory (DSO) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Appalachian State University (ASU). It is located 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) east of Deep Gap, North Carolina (USA), off of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and 32 kilometers (20 miles) east of the ASU campus in Boone, North Carolina It was established in 1981, and is used for research, instruction, and public viewing ...
At 65 degrees long and 40 degrees wide, the Winter Football covers almost half of the southern sky. 'Winter Football' constellation to be visible Super Bowl night. Here's where to look
Watch a live stream of the green comet from last night ... one may see the comet in the night sky right of the north star. ... – Above the North Star, you will find the constellation ...
As reports of drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the East Coast, people are reporting seeing strange objects in the central North Carolina sky as well.
The Taurids are an annual meteor shower, associated with the comet Encke.The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids originated from the asteroid 2004 TG 10, possibly a large fragment of Encke due to its similar orbital parameters.
A celestial map by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, 1670. A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets. [1]
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A star chart of the entire Northern Sky, centered on the north celestial pole. The northern celestial hemisphere, also called the Northern Sky, is the northern half of the celestial sphere; that is, it lies north of the celestial equator. This arbitrary sphere appears to rotate westward around a polar axis due to Earth's rotation.