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The Orion Nebula Rings in the Holiday

Entry Date: Dec 5, 2024

Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns

The Holiday Season is descending upon us in full swing snugly-puppy mode, bringing with it warm thoughts of seasonal festivities and cold nights reveling in the winter time starscape. With the frequent lapse in memory that winter actually happens in Ne... more
Celebration of Space - November 15, 2024

Entry Date: Nov 15, 2024

Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns

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 t... more
Celebration of Space - October 18, 2024

Entry Date: Oct 18, 2024

Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns

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. St... more
Celebration of Space - October 10, 2024

Entry Date: Oct 11, 2024

Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns

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. ... more