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The June solstice marks the official start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere with the season kicking off on June 21 at 10:57 a.m. EDT.
Weekend stargazers will get their fill in February as three of the four weekends throughout the month will feature an astronomical event, all of which revolve around the moon. There will also be ...
Radar astronomy is a technique of observing nearby astronomical objects by reflecting radio waves or microwaves off target objects and analyzing their reflections. Radar astronomy differs from radio astronomy in that the latter is a passive observation (i.e., receiving only) and the former an active one (transmitting and receiving).
Astronomy Day: First Quarter Moon: 2024 Spring May 18 May 15 Autumn October 12 October 10 2025: Spring: May 3: May 4 Autumn September 27 September 29 Past events.
Clear Sky Charts (called clocks until February 29, 2008) are web graphics which deliver weather forecasts designed specifically for astronomers. They forecast the cloud cover, transparency and astronomical seeing, parameters which are not forecast by civil or aviation forecasts. [1]
A lunar eclipse above Lofer, Austrian province of Salzburg, in the early hours of Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
The Perseid meteor shower over the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, on August 10, 2018, with an aurora as a bonus. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images)
The 1.0 m (39 in) KASI robotic telescope was installed in 2003 and is the only instrument of the Mt. Lemmon Optical Astronomy Observatory (LOAO) operated by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI). [13] Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) as seen on October 8, 2013 with the Schulman Telescope (recorded with STX-16803 CCD camera)