By Rick Nowell The Leonid Meteor shower peaks tonight (Nov. 17), followed by a Lunar eclipse November 18 at 11 p.m. The partial lunar eclipse…
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Northern lights dancing in East Kootenay skies
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for October…
A Super Moon and a Lunar Eclipse May 26
By Rick Nowell On Wednesday, May 26, a super moon will occur. A super Moon is when a full Moon occurs when the Moon is…
Perseid Meteor Shower returning
By Rick Nowell The annual Perseid Meteor shower peak occurs Tuesday night, August 11 and Wednesday morning August 12. The next evening Wednesday Aug 12/13…
Comet Neowise is bright and easy to see now
By Rick Nowell Comet Neowise is bright and easy to see now. I took this photo (above) by Ft. Steele on Tuesday morning (July 14)…
The Geminids are in peak activity
By Rick Nowell The Geminids are arguably the best and most reliable meteor shower of the year at 140 meteors per hour. The second best…
Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend
By Rick Nowell The Leonid meteor shower is this weekend. Leonids: This shower occurs between Nov. 6 and Nov. 30, peaking on Saturday, Nov. 17 at…
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…
e-KNOW turns five
Five years ago today East Kootenay News Online Weekly (e-KNOW) had two regular readers; Velma McKay (Carrie’s mom) and Pat Juozaitis (Velma’s buddy). We launched our…