Celebration of Space - November 15, 2024
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This afternoon, Friday, November 15, 2024 at 4:30 pm ET, the Moon will arrive in alignment with the Earth and the Sun. This alignment is known as opposition, and places the Moon on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun, keeping the side of the Moon that ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:35:21 EST
Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
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This gallery will feature images captured of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which was visible to the unaided eye in October 2024. This was the brightest visible naked-eye comet in the Northern Hemisphere since Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp in 1997. Images ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:11:14 EDT
Celebration of Space - October 18, 2024
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Save the Date!
Frosty Drew presents: A Night with a Comet, an event tailored to viewing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
$5 per person over four years of age.
Starting at 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024, we will have telescopes focused on the...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:07:45 EDT
Celebration of Space - October 10, 2024
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Now that Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS (A3), has passed perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun), the comet is wrapping up an orbit in between the Earth and Sun, and quickly moving into our evening sky. Here is a video of the last several days sh...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:51:03 EDT
Celebration of Space - September 27, 2024
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Over the past week, Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (Comet A3), has continued to brighten, and as of this morning (September 27, 2024), the comet is visible to the naked eye in the predawn sky. Of course, not for us in Southern New England, because the c...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:11:14 EDT
Celebration of Space - September 20, 2024
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On Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 8:44 am ET, Earth will reach the point in its orbit where we are neither tilted towards or away from the Sun. This is called the Autumnal Equinox, and hails the start of the fall season in the Northern Hemisphere. On the Eq...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:56:05 EDT