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- Celebration of Space - October 18, 2024
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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
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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
- Celebration of Space - September 27, 2024
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Entry Date: Sep 27, 2024
Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns
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 t... more
- Celebration of Space - September 20, 2024
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Entry Date: Sep 20, 2024
Published Under: Scott MacNeill's Columns
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 th... more