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Carolina Skies
WRAL teams up with the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center to bring you a monthly look at the sights above, be they stars, planets, comets, eclipses or meteor showers.
Also, check out our updates on the WRAL WeatherCenter blog, submit your astronomy-related questions. We'll answer them in the blog!
Previous Carolina Skies segments:
- Star party kicks off NC Science Festival(March 30)
- Clear skies can make Mercury easy to see(Feb. 16)
- Geminid meteor shower peaking this week (Dec. 8)
- Mars low, visible in autumn sky (Oct. 20)
- Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend (Aug 11)
- Carolina Skies: The rare transit of Venus (June 2)
- Big Dipper is easy to see during spring months (April 21)
- Comparing the size of Jupiter and Earth (Feb. 25)
- Long winter nights offer glimpse of moon phases (Dec. 3)
- Taking a closer look at the sun (Oct. 1)
- Tour of the constellations (June 4)
- A planetary pile-up at dawn (May 7)
- Saturn shines in NC sky (April 9)
- Demon star rises in NC skies (March 12)
- The life of stars (Feb. 5)
- Three planets visible in morning sky (Jan. 8)
- Video archive: 2010
- Video archive: 2009
- Video archive: 2007-2008
Related Resources:
- Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
- Morehead Planetarium & Science Center Skywatching Calendar
- Sky & Telescope Interactive Sky Chart
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- wralweather: Forecast: Today, thunderstorm, high 86°. Tonight, mostly cloudy, showers?, low 66°. http://t.co/RMcYv6WbFE
— Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:00 AM - nsj: RT @BadAstronomer: Oh for criminy’s sake, Internet. GIF is pronounced “Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Ziiinngg!” #duh
— Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:41 AM - nsj: Hey, RNK - everything OK up there? RT @iembot_rah: #RAH Administrative Message (ADM) http://t.co/DRvIBqKQEU
— Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:32 AM - nsj: RT @GarySzatkowski: Great lunchtime meeting today with @nsj discussing where the weather enterprise goes from here in a post-Sandy & post-M…
— Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:13 AM - mazewx66: RT @iembot_rnk: #RNK Blowing Rock [Watauga Co, NC] public reports HAIL of quarter size (E1.00 INCH) at 07:35 PM EDT http://t.co/ZEaPlp0MFv
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:54 PM - nsj: RT @wxtrav: Experimental Tornado Debris Signature path colored by intensity of circulation w/ @NWSNorman damage path in black. http://t.co/…
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:45 PM - nsj: At least one major news outlet gives the NWS credit for getting the warning out. http://t.co/5ikXGk3GF7
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:55 PM - nsj: It DID NOT hit without warning. MT @nwsnorman: Slideshow reviewing info from @NWSNorman before […] 5/20/13 tornado http://t.co/ods9kS0qaj
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:44 PM
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