Head out in the early morning and check out the Leonid Meteor Shower What is the Leonid meteor shower? The Leonid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower that reaches its peak in mid-November. It is one of the major meteor showers and can be easily observed even by...
A casual observer may watch the sky at night and see 3 to 5 sporadic meteors per hour more if you are in a dark location. However, on some nights, this number may increase markedly, and on projecting the paths of the meteors back, we find that many appear to radiate...
April 2023 Skies April Skies in 2023 offer many interesting astronomical events to observe. One of the great things about April is that, for those of us in the East, we are back on the same time zone after Daylight Saving ends on Sunday, April 2nd. This means that our...
I love March as this is when the Milky Way appears higher in the sky and some of the best constellations are right overhead, and the weather is a bit more pleasant. This is an excellent time to head outside, spread a blanket on the ground and just lie there looking...
Summer started in Australia and New Zealand on December 1, and the nights are most definitely getting shorter. Both countries use the meteorological definitions of the seasons. Other countries use the astronomical definitions which relate to equinoxes and solstices....
