Get ready to see some changes in the Hansen Dome Theatre. You won’t see the improvements when you walk into the colorfully lit theater to sit down. It’s when the lights go down that the magic will shine!
This month’s installment of Gateway to the Stars will take place in the Hansen Dome Theatre on Saturday, June 11 at 6:45 p.m. instead of the normal first Saturday of the month. That’s because our annual Racing to the Stars fundraising event will be on that first Saturday, June 4.
Ahh, June. Summer begins, nights are warm, skies are mostly clear. It’s a great month for stargazing. Here are some highlights for the month.
June 1st: The New Moon is on June 1st, occurring at 3:03 pm, MDT. With no moon in the sky in the evenings, stargazing and deep sky observing with binoculars is a [...]
The planet Saturn was at opposition on April 3. That means that Saturn is opposite the Sun, as seen from Earth. Being opposite the Sun means that it will rise as the Sun sets and set as the Sun rises. So it will be visible all night. The time near opposition is also the time [...]
Remember a couple weeks ago, March 19th, 2011, and all the hype about a big Full Moon? If you paid attention to the science, you learned (or already knew) that the Moon orbits Earth in a slightly elliptical orbit. This means that during every lunar cycle (slightly less than a month in length) the Moon [...]
I’m an early riser these days. Didn’t used to be. There was a time when I would routinely stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning. Now, I tend to be done around 11 pm, and I wake up around 5-5:30 every morning. For a backyard astronomer, this can be a terrible habit, as [...]
You can tell by the expression on Shane Larson’s face when you ask him about astronomy, that he’s been excited about the topic for a long time. “Ask my mother and she’ll tell you I’ve lived and breathed neutron stars and Saturn since I was a young child,” he says with a smile.
His enthusiasm for [...]
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