Brooks Memorial State Park Unique Astronomy Site
Brooks Memorial State Park Overview The park is a Bortle Scale 2, as it is far away from city lights, meaning that it is very dark and can easily view the Milky Way. Sitting between…
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Pearrygin Lake State Park Unique Astronomy Site
Pearrygin Lake State Park Overview The park is a Bortle Scale 2, as it is far away from city lights, meaning that it is very dark and can easily view the Milky Way. Pearrygin Lake…
Bates State Park Unique Astronomy Site
Bates State Park Overview Bates State Park is a state park located in Grant County, Oregon, USA, near Prairie City. With 131 acres acres, the Park is located 4,070 feet (1,240 m) above sea-level. The park is…
Viewing The 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse
On Saturday, October 14th, 2023, the Pacific Northwest will have an amazing opportunity to view an Annular Solar Eclipse. The 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse will have the Moon cover the Sun’s center, leaving the Suns visible outer edges…
What Is A Ploonet: An Introduction
A Ploonet is something that is something that has been hypothesized, but not actually seen. Ploonets are a shortened name for Tidally detached exomoons, or orphaned exomoons. These exoplanets were formerly exomoons of another planet, before being ejected…
Triangulum
Located in the northern sky, the constellation Triangulum is small in size, with a name in Latin meaning Triangle. This name of “triangle”, derives from the three brightest stars, which form a long and narrow triangle….
What Is A Blanet: An Introduction?
A podcast that we love to listen to is SciShow Tangents, which recently had a podcast on Black Holes. Something that they mention was what a planet spinning around a black hole would look like,…
Messier 80
DescriptionVisible From Pacific NorthwestMarch To JulyBest Time To ObserveMayMinimum Size Of Viewing DeviceSmall TelescopeObject TypeGlobular ClusterDesignationsMessier 80, M80, NGC 6093, GCl 39, C 1614-228, MWSC 2376Right Ascension16h 17m 02.41sDeclination-22°58’33.9”ConstellationScorpiusNumber Of StarsMore Than 200,000Apparent magnitude +7.87Apparent dimensions 10′Object…
A Black Moon: The Opposite of A New Moon
Just as the term “Blue Moon” applies to instances of 2 full moons in a month or 4 full moons over a 3 month period, there is a similar term that applies specifically for new…
What is An Astronomical Unit (AU)?
An astronomical unit, which is often represented by the acronym AU, represents the mean distance between the Earth and our sun. This means that an AU is can be measured as approximately 93 million miles, or…