Celebration of Space - Friday, May 10, 2024
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This past week, a huge sunspot group rotated onto the side of the Sun that faces Earth. The group is designated AR 3664, and is large enough to be seen with your leftover eclipse glasses from the April 8th solar eclipse. When sunspots are on the side of th...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 10 May 2024 16:05:04 EDT
Celebration of Space - Friday, May 3, 2024
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This coming Saturday night – Sunday morning, May 4-5, 2024, the annual Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower peak will occur. The Eta Aquariids are usually a slow mover, and at Frosty Drew, we have historically been left out in the dew with little to no meteor acti...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 3 May 2024 12:33:00 EDT
Celebration of Space - April 19, 2024
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This coming Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 9:56 am ET, the Moon will orbit into alignment on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is the full Moon, and brings with it the brightest nighttime period of the 29.5 day lunar synodic period. Now that we ar...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:33:21 EDT
Total Solar Eclipse 2024
From Gallery: Total Solar Eclipse 2024
On Monday, April 8, 2024, a stunning total solar eclipse occurred from Texas through Maine, bringing fantastic views to everyone along the path aside from Rochester, NY. The Frosty Drew Astronomy Team was set up along the path of totality across the nation...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:49:50 EDT
Celebration of Space - April 12, 2024
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Now that the fantastic total solar eclipse that occurred on Monday, April 8, 2024 has passed, the intense flood of images onto the web has commenced. Nearly everywhere you look online there are photos of the eclipse. At Frosty Drew, our Astronomy Team memb...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:23:18 EDT
The Great American Solar Eclipse
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This coming Monday, April 8, 2024 at 2:23 pm ET, the Moon will orbit into a position where it is between the Earth and the Sun. This is called the new Moon, and will bring the darkest night for the 29.5 day lunar synodic period. On April 8th, the Moon will...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 12:40:36 EDT