Stargazers

22/03/2024

Seeing a comet is cool enough, but a green comet is really something.

24/02/2023

The two planets will be closest on March 1, but you can follow along as they slowly snuggle up.

16/05/2022

All eyes are on the forecast for later tonight as a total lunar eclipse will be visible tonight.
According to NASA, a partial lunar eclipse will be visible starting at 9:15 p.m.
By 10:20 p.m., a full lunar eclipse will be visible and remain visible until 11:54 p.m.
The partial lunar eclipse ends at 1:20 a.m.
The lunar eclipse will be visible anywhere the moon is visible.
Because lunar eclipses occur during the full moon phase, the moon will generally be visible starting around sunset.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth gets directly in between the Sun and moon.
The shadow will make the moon appear blood red during totality.
ENJOY AND SHARE YOUR PHOTOS.

25/04/2022

April 22-30 is International Dark Sky Week! This week we will be doing a series of posts to celebrate night skies and to bring awareness to the light pollution which threatens our enjoyment of dark places.

To kick things off, we are excited to announce the launch of Nevada’s first Astro-tourism route, Park to Park in the Dark, which connects two International Dark Sky Parks: Death Valley National Park and Great Basin National Park. Motorists along this route will be able to ponder life’s biggest questions as they travel through some of the darkest areas in the country and gaze up into star-studded skies.

The route winds its way through rural Nevada and California and offers countless opportunities for star gazing, telescope viewing and astrophotography, along with plenty of daytime activities. Services are limited to the towns of Beatty, Goldfield, Tonopah, Ely and Baker, which are separated by long stretches without cell service, restrooms, or gas stations.

Establishing the route was a collaborative effort between local communities, non-profit organizations, and various land management agencies including the National Park Service. This route promotes outdoor nighttime recreation while also highlighting the importance of preserving the dark.

Additional information can be found on the Park to Park in the Dark website:

https://parktoparkinthedark.org

We hope to see you out enjoying Death Valley’s Dark Skies!

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📷: A circular graphic depiction in shades of blue, black, white and yellow shows the milky way stretching over a bristlecone pine and salt flat which are separated by a winding road. The edge of the circle reads: Park to Park in the Dark, Great Basin National Park, Death Valley National Park. (Credit: Tyler Nordgren)

19/01/2022

Look up! Anyone watch this?

See the asteroid 1994 PC1 make its closest approach for the next 200 years as it passes 1 million miles from Earth.

18/01/2022

If orbital calculations are right, they'll see the planet again in February.

17/01/2022

The January full moon is also referred to as the “old moon” and the “ice moon.”

07/01/2022

The bolide — a meteor brighter than Venus — is believed to have weighed about 1,000 pounds, measured a yard in diameter and shot through the atmosphere at 45,000 mph, NASA said.

03/01/2022

One of the biggest meteor showers of the year is expected to peak over the next few days, producing over 100 meteoroids per hour.

28/12/2021

The material that the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft returned from asteroid Ryugu is the most pristine sample we've ever gotten our hands on.