Celebration of Space - November 23, 2023
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Over the past several months we have been writing about new potential developments in Ninigret Park, which is home to Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center. The leadership in town that are supporting these developments, highly favor lighting Ninigret ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:27:40 EST
Celebration of Space - November 17, 2023
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Overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, Friday-Saturday, November 17-18, 2023, the annual Leonid Meteor Shower will peak, bringing with it an increase in regular meteor activity by about 15 meteors per hour. Even though it will be cloudy tonight, you are ...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:06:28 EST
Celebration of Space - November 10, 2023
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This coming Monday, November 13, 2023, Earth will reach the point in our orbit around the Sun, where Uranus aligns on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. We call this the “Opposition of Uranus”, and places Uranus into the best telescope viewing. O...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:07:35 EST
Celebration of Space - November 3, 2023
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Today, November 3, 2023, Earth has arrived, in our orbit, between the Sun and Jupiter, placing Jupiter on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is the opposition of Jupiter, and makes tonight the best night to observe Jupiter in a telescope. Tonigh...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 10:38:26 EDT
Celebration of Space - October 27, 2023
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Tomorrow, Saturday, October 28, 2023, at 4:24 pm ET, the Moon will arrive, in its orbit, on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. We call this “opposition”, but better yet, just call it the full Moon. The October full Moon carries the moniker, The F...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:25:42 EDT
Celebration of Space - October 20, 2023
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Last Saturday, October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse happened over the Americas. In Rhode Island, we saw this event as a 19.11% partial solar eclipse. At Frosty Drew’s event, clouds were persistent and annoying, though we were able to spot the eclip...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:49:22 EDT
