So, I was noticing on my calendar the other day — I still have a calendar hanging on the wall of my office. Despite the calendars on my computer, desk phone, smartphone, watch and day planner, I still rely very heavily on that piece of paper nailed to the wall. Its big, easy to see, [...]
Twenty-three years ago, on 23 February 1987 at 12:35 a.m. MST, detectors in the US, Japan and Russia observed a burst of 24 neutrinos. They came from a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. About 2 hours later, an experienced New Zealand amateur astronomer observed the area [...]
Clark Planetarium and Miller Motorsports Park have teamed up to present “Racing to the Stars,” a benefit event to support space and science education programs for Clark Planetarium.
On Saturday, June 19, 2010 the event kicks off at Miller Motorsports Park with family-friendly race activities, dinner, a model rocket demonstration by Utah Rocket [...]
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 11 am on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. The best time to view meteors would be during the overnight hours of April 21st-22nd. As with all meteor showers, the best time to observe is during the pre-dawn hours, when your particular location on Earth is turning into the meteor stream.
The [...]
Clark Planetarium and Miller Motorsports Park have teamed up to present “Racing to the Stars,” a benefit event to support space and science education programs for Clark Planetarium.
On Saturday, June 19, 2010 the event kicks off at Miller Motorsports Park with family-friendly race activities, dinner, a model rocket demonstration by Utah Rocket Club and a [...]
Join Clark Planetarium, the University of Utah and Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) on Saturday, April 24, 2010 to celebrate Astronomy Day, a nationwide celebration of the passion for astronomy.
This fun-filled event will give the general public the opportunity to view the sun and stars through telescopes, participate in space science demonstrations and see discounted [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a presentation on this very subject at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. It’s a fine museum with splendid displays on paleontology, geology, astronomy, pioneer history, Native American ethnology, photography and more. I had the privilege of working there in its Taylor Planetarium for 10 years [...]
I blogged about this a year ago, but thought it would be good to revisit the relationship between Easter and astronomy.
The date of Easter is commonly explained as the Sunday after the Full Moon on or after the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere. The vernal equinox can occur on either March 19th, 20th or 21st. The date [...]
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