Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Mar 24, 2023 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 7:30 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 22:05:16 EST
Celebration of Space - March 17, 2023
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Monday, March 20, 2023, at 5:25 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 â...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:38:46 EDT
Celebration of Space - March 10, 2023
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Now that the winter season is coming to a close, and the Vernal Equinox is less than two weeks away, the days are certainly getting longer, making this the time of the year that we switch our clocks from Standard Time to Daylight Time, commonly referred to...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:32:04 EST
Celebration of Space - March 03, 2023
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 7:43 am ET the March Full Moon will occur. Carrying the moniker, the Full Worm Moon, this full Moon will be the last full lunar phase of winter. The Worm Moon gets its name from the wet conditions that persist during this time...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 11:30:52 EST
Celebration of Space - February 17, 2023
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 3:09 am, the Moon will arrive, in its orbit, in between the Sun and Earth. We call this “conjunction”, but you may better know it as the New Moon. On the day of the New Moon, the Moon will rise and set with the Sun, leav...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:08:21 EST
Celebration of Space - February 3, 2023
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
On Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 1:31 pm, the Moon will reach the point in its orbit where it is on the opposite side of the Earth than the Sun. We call this opposition, but you have probably heard it called The Full Moon. Like the full Moon of January, thi...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 13:39:24 EST
