During the eclipse, the Sun and Moon won’t be the only celestial bodies we can observe. With the Sun temporarily covered during totality, it will become dark enough for us to see stars and other bodies that the Sun would usually outshine. Below is an image captured from a desktop program Stellarium, showing what the […]
Tag: Solar Astronomy
100 Days Until Totality! 93 Days Left – What are Solar Prominences?
During totality, we may be lucky enough to see objects in the Sun’s chromosphere known as solar prominences. These objects appear as small wispy red bumps sticking out from the red glow of the chromosphere at the Moon’s edge. Although they appear small, prominences are massive! They are often many times larger than the Earth. […]
100 Days Until Totality! 94 Days Left – The Anatomy of the Sun
Much like the Earth, the Sun has different layers to its structure. The densest region is located at the middle, where hydrogen and helium are being pulled to the center of the Sun by gravity. Light particles (a.k.a. photons) produced in the core by nuclear fusion have to reach the layer known as the photosphere […]
100 Days Until Totality Blog! 95 Days Left – What is the Sun?
Our sun is a star just like all of the points of light in our night sky. The reason the Sun is so bright and appears so much bigger than the other stars is simply because it is so close to the Earth. The Sun is actually pretty average. There are many stars that are […]
100 Days Until Totality Blog! 96 Days Left – What Will You See During Totality?
Seeing the Moon pass in front of the Sun is not all there is to a solar eclipse! When the eclipse begins, the disc of the Moon will start to pass in front of the Sun and it will start to get darker. Eventually it will be almost as dark as night with stars visible […]
100 Days Until Totality Blog! 98 Days Left – Why is the solar eclipse in August such a big deal?
This eclipse is the first solar eclipse in the continental U.S. in 38 years. The last one occurred on February 26, 1979. It only barely passed through five states in the Northwest, and the weather was mostly cloudy. This year, everyone in the continental U.S. will see a partial eclipse. The path of totality passes […]
100 Days Until Totality Blog! 99 Days Left – What is a Solar Eclipse?
The word eclipse means “to obscure light.” A solar eclipse is an astronomical event where the Moon appears to cover up the Sun in our sky. But how is our tiny Moon able to cover up something as large as the Sun? (Check out the comparison of the Moon, Earth, and Sun on the right!) […]
100 Days Until Totality Blog Series Launch!
Welcome to Wyoming Stargazing’s 100 Days Until Totality Blog Series! Today marks 100 days until the “Great American Eclipse”. We hope you are as excited about this summer’s eclipse as we are. Each day for the next 100 days we will post a small and digestible amount of information about the upcoming total solar eclipse […]
“100 Days Until the Eclipse” Blog Series and Eclipse Fundraising Events
We are 5 months out today from the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse on August 21st! If you haven’t already been able to attend one of the public eclipse presentations offered by our Executive Director Dr. Samuel Singer, please check our events calendar for more eclipse presentations scheduled over the next several months. Beginning on May […]
Solar Astronomy at Elevated Grounds
Beginning this Thursday, and every Thursday for the rest of the Summer, from 12:45-2:45pm Wyoming Stargazing will be offering FREE Solar Astronomy Programs out in front of Elevated Grounds coffee shop near the Aspen’s Market in Wilson. Come safely check out solar flares, sunspots, and other features on the Sun through our solar telescopes. You […]
Solar Astronomy at Children’s Museum this Sunday
This Sunday, March 1st, at 11am, Wyoming Stargazing will be offering a free solar astronomy program outside the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum. Please join us to check out sunspots and solar flares through our high tech solar telescopes.
Earth Day Celebration: Solar Astronomy
Wyoming Stargazing will be participating in this year’s Earth Day Celebration at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. The event takes place on Sunday, April 27th from 4-7pm. We’ll have our solar telescopes out to show everyone sunspots, solar flares, and solar prominences. There is no charge for this event. We hope to see […]
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