by Dee Sharples – Exploring Mercury Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets in our solar system and also the closest to the...
Category : Astronomy
The Night Sky: January
A Messier object and Trapezium in Orion Total lunar eclipse January 20-21 Dee Sharples – Astronomers in the 1700s searched the...
The Night Sky: Summer Triangle
By Dee Sharples– The Summer Triangle, an easy to locate asterism, is visible in the late August sky and throughout September. An...
Night Sky: Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks on May 6
by Dee Sharples – On May nights after 10:00 pm, look toward the south. There’s an area of sky just east of the star...