Come down to Fountain Park this evening around 9pm and we’ll set up a telescope and try to find Asteroid 2015 TB145 moving through the sky. Dubbed the “Halloween Asteroid” because it will make its closest approach to us sometime Read More …
I’ll be there with a telescope or two in case folks want to come by and chat. Hopefully we’ll catch a glimpse of the Moon through holes in the clouds, but right now things look pretty socked in. If we Read More …
Hello all FHAC members and friends! Can you help out? No experience necessary! The next three Fountain Hills Library Public Star Parties have been scheduled for Tuesday evenings on October 20, November 17 and December 15. These are nights when Read More …
This photo was taken by a friend in Andover, Mass. during the recent total lunar eclipse over the course of about an hour. You can see how the Moon enters the Earth’s circular shadow, eventually to come out the other side.
The International Space Station, or ISS, is orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes, travelling at about 17,000 mph. When it passes overhead either in early morning before sunrise or in the evening after sunset, we are in the dark but Read More …
