Eclipses

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 14-20, 2012

[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Dark skies mean galactic studies and this is going to be a terrific week for sacrificing…

12 years ago

Buy Some Eclipse Glasses for the Upcoming Annular Eclipse or Venus Transit

[/caption] There are two amazing events coming up that you're going to want to watch: the May 20th Annular Eclipse,…

12 years ago

A Mardi Gras Moon Crossing

[/caption] The Sun seems to be glowing in traditional Mardi Gras colors in this image, made from three AIA channels…

13 years ago

A Blood-Red Moon

[/caption] Photographer Joseph Brimacombe created this stunning image of a ruddy Moon made during the total lunar eclipse of December…

13 years ago

Skywatchers Share Lunar Eclipse Photos, Videos

It was the final lunar eclipse of the year, and the last total lunar eclipse event for the western portion…

13 years ago

International Measure The Moon Night – December 10, 2011

Are you planning on watching the lunar eclipse on Saturday, December 10? Would you like to try your hand at…

13 years ago

Lunar Eclipse – Saturday, December 10, 2011

[/caption] Are you ready for some good, old-fashioned observing fun? Although you might not want to get up early, it's…

13 years ago

Black Friday’s Secret Solar Eclipse

[/caption] While many in the U.S. will be recovering from Thanksgiving day meals and looking for ways to stretch their…

13 years ago

Do-It-Yourself Guide to Measuring the Moon’s Distance

[/caption] When the distance from the Earth to the Moon comes up, the common figure thrown around is 402,336 km…

13 years ago

Lunar Eclipse Images from Around the World; June 15, 2011

[/caption] Now updated with more images and video! It was an event that hasn’t happened in 11 years and won’t…

13 years ago