Venus visits the Pleiades, and the Winter Dog Star sets as the Spring Lion strides high By Dan Hicks Op-Ed Commentary e-KNOW
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Meteor terminated over Meadow Creek
The Cranbrook College of the Rockies meteor camera tracked last night’s fireball high over Nelson and Kootenay Lake. It lasted for about 10 seconds, from…
Perseid meteor shower peaks August 11/12
By Rick Nowell The College of the Rockies’ meteor camera is already seeing more bright meteors zipping overhead. The Perseid meteor shower started July 17…
Active skies in May and June
By Rick Nowell Some interesting events have occurred and are occurring this May and June for early morning and late night star viewing. The Aquariid…
Orionid meteor shower underway
By Rick Nowell The Orionid meteor shower occurs between October 2 and November 7; with the peak on Wednesday October 21/22, at 15 meteors per…
A look back at the lunar eclipse
By Rick Nowell On Sunday night, Sept. 27, a group of us went up the mountain to the TV-cell phone towers at 4,100 feet elevation, on the…
Postcards from Pluto
By Rick Nowell NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto was Tuesday, July 14 at 5:50 p.m. It zipped past at 49,600 km/h at…
Last chance to register for Stars & Constellations
By Rick Nowell The deadline for registering for the Stars & Constellations course at College of the Rockies (COTR) is upon us. The Astronomy course…
It’s an active month for night sky events
October is an active month for night sky events. It holds a Lunar Eclipse, a Partial Solar Eclipse and three small meteor showers. College of the…
Growing up
By Colin J Campbell We got an email last week with a cartoon that said “if you haven’t grown up by 50 you don’t have…