Celebration of Space - March 15, 2024
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 11:07 pm ET, Earth will arrive at the point in our orbit where we are neither tilted towards or away from the Sun. This is the Vernal Equinox, and marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Equinox is Latin for ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:28:19 EDT
Celebration of Space - March 8, 2024
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On Sunday morning, March 10, 2024, Daylight Savings Time (DST) will kick in. The springtime DST time change is the rougher one as those who sleep at night will lose one hour of repose. A good reminder of which way to shift your clocks: “In the spring, sp...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 11:49:05 EST
Celebration of Space - March 1, 2024
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Now that March is officially here, we are in the last days of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Even though your mind may be either still fixated on winter storms, or daydreaming about open windows and beach days, the springtime brings a lot of interestin...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 12:32:09 EST
Celebration of Space - February 23, 2024
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Tomorrow morning, Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 7:31 am EST, the February full Moon will occur. This happens every 29.5 days, when the Moon orbits into a position around Earth where it arrives on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is an alignm...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:37:29 EST
Celebration of Space - February 16, 2024
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Tonight, February 16, 2024, starting about 45 minutes after sunset, the first quarter Moon and the Pleiades open star cluster (Seven Sisters) will put on a stunning celestial dance as they will be in conjunction within 1.5° visibly of each other. Being th...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:14:38 EST
Celebration of Space - February 2, 2024
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Today, Friday, February 2, 2024 is Groundhog Day. Many people associate this day with the humorous story of a groundhog in Pennsylvania emerging to see its shadow or not. But Groundhog Day is actually an astronomical occurrence. It is one of the four cross...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 12:06:00 EST