Earthsky Tonight — March 25, 2010: Moon and Mars guide to Beehive star cluster
This evening, you will find Mars as a bright orangish “star” to the upper right of the moon. You will need a medium sized telescope and good seeing conditions to…
Earthsky Tonight — March 24, Moon close to Mars
If you have been tracking the moon over the past few evenings, you know that it has been passing through some of the major players in the late winter, early…
Earthsky Tonight — Earthsky Tonight
onight, the waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Gemini, and is flanked by two beautiful stars. To the north of the moon is Capella, the beacon star…
Obituary:Georgia Elberta Benson
Georgia was born in 1916 near Berthoud, CO to Charles and Ida Windnagel. She grew up in the Longmont-Berthoud area and graduated from Berthoud High School.
Earthsky Tonight — Moon between Capella and Betelgeuse
The rather wide waxing crescent moon will be shining in between two brilliant stars tonight. Capella, the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, will be beaming north of the moon,…
Earthsky Tonight —Saturn closest, brightest, opposite the sun
The planet Saturn is at opposition today. That means Saturn is opposite the sun in Earth’s sky. At opposition, Saturn rises in the east at sunset and sets in the…
Earthsky Tonight —The 2010 equinox comes on March 20
The March equinox marks that special moment when the sun crosses celestial equator, going from south to north. It happens today at 17:32 Universal Time, or 11:32 p.m. Mountain Daylight…
Earthsky Tonight — On eve of equinox, moon between Pleiades and Ram’s Head
Just after sunset tonight you will spot the crescent moon above the western horizon. The moon floats between the faint head stars of the constellation Aries and the mythic sisters…
Nikko Landeros shines as defensman for US sled hockey team
Nikko Landeros is well know here and is now well known around the world. Nikko has energized much of the world with is determination and pluck following the tragic accident…
Earthsky Tonight — March 18: Venus in Pisces, moon in Aries
Tonight, as soon as it gets dark, the waxing crescent moon can help you locate the small constellation Aries the Ram. Look to the west, just above the place where…