The Vernal Equinox, the Astronomical beginning of spring, occurs this year on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM EDT (9:01 UTC, March 20, 2025). What’s so special about this event? 12 equal hours of daylight and darkness everywhere on the planet. The beginning of Astronomical Autumn for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere The[…]
In full HD and using a state of the art digital planetarium, Dr. James Daly takes us on a tour of the early July and Independence Day week night sky for 2023. He presents the major planets, the placement and phase of the moon and many other notable objects of interest at this time of[…]
The beauty of the night sky has inspired generation after generation from the dawn of recorded history and now, that vista, the essence of that inspiration, is under direct threat! Many famous poets, authors, scientists and philosophers have written about the stars, the universe and the night sky above and, sadly, what is absent in[…]
