george observatory - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/george-observatory/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:21:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 george observatory - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/george-observatory/ 32 32 103504436 Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 https://houstonnewmedia.org/winter-solstice-final-sky-happenings-of-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-solstice-final-sky-happenings-of-2024 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:21:12 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33261 Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside us. Saturn is an evening object.  Look in the south at dusk.    Venus is also ...

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]]> 858419 Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/daylight-savings-time-november-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daylight-savings-time-november-sky-happenings Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33256 Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object.  Look in the southeast at dusk on Nov. 1, closer to the south by Thanksgiving.    Venus is also in the ev...

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]]> 841677 Daylight Savings Time | November Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/daylight-savings-time-november-sky-happenings-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daylight-savings-time-november-sky-happenings-2 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33256 Editor’s Note: HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks as Daylight Savings Time ends this month. Saturn is an evening object.  Look in the southeast at dusk on Nov. 1, closer to the south by Thanksgiving.    Venus is also in the ev...

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]]> 972771 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS | October Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-october-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-october-sky-happenings Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:56:19 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33245 Editor’s Note: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS can be spotted with the naked-eye this month. HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains. Saturn is now an evening object.  Look in the southeast at dusk.  Venus has also emerged into the evening sky.  ...

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]]> 829579 September Partial Eclipse | 2024 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/september-partial-eclipse-2024-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-partial-eclipse-2024-sky-happenings Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:35:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33223 Look for a small ‘bite’ taken out of the Moon.
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]]> 815261 Summer Meteor Shower | August 2024 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/summer-meteor-shower-august-2024-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-meteor-shower-august-2024-sky-happenings Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33204 Editor’s Note: The month of August brings the Perseid meteor shower. HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains what to expect with upcoming sky happenings. Saturn is now a late evening object!  It rises in the east-southeast by 10:11 pm on August 1 an...

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]]> 802893 June brings the Summer Solstice https://houstonnewmedia.org/june-brings-the-summer-solstice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-brings-the-summer-solstice Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:29:17 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33189 Editor’s Note: Summer Solstice is upon us this month and HMNS Astronomer James Wooten points to the Sun’s highest point in our sky. Saturn is in the southeast at dawn.    Mars is also in the morning sky, in the east at dawn.  Mars ...

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]]> 777797 Summer is Near | May 2024 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/summer-is-near-may-2024-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-is-near-may-2024-sky-happenings Fri, 03 May 2024 14:46:41 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33183 Editor’s Note: Summer is on the horizon and HMNS Astronomer James Wooten is explaining the signs in the stars above Houston’s skyline. Mars and Saturn are low to the east-southeast horizon at dawn.   Having overtaken Saturn, Mars pulls ...

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]]> 763560 Spring Forward | March 2024 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/spring-forward-march-2024-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-forward-march-2024-sky-happenings Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:17:24 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33140 Editor’s Note: Spring is upon us! HMNS Astronomer James Wooten reminds us to adjust our clocks and explains why we observe Daylight Savings Time. Jupiter is prominent high in the sky, high in the west at nightfall.  No star at night is as bright. ...

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]]> 733397 Year of the Dragon | February 2024 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/year-of-the-dragon-february-2024-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=year-of-the-dragon-february-2024-sky-happenings Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:20:20 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33083 Editor’s Note: It is the Year of the Dragon and we continue to look up at the star-filled night skies with HMNS Astronomer James Wooten as he discusses the New Moon and the Earth’s rotation. Saturn is about to leave the evening sky.  Face southwe...

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]]> 722221 Daylight Savings Ends | Nov ’23 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/daylight-savings-ends-nov-23-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daylight-savings-ends-nov-23-sky-happenings Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=33033 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of November, including Daylight Savings Time ending. Saturn is now well placed for observing in early evening.  Face south at dusk to observ...

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]]> 684110 Comet Nishimura | September ’23 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/comet-nishimura-september-23-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comet-nishimura-september-23-sky-happenings Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32812 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of September, including a newly discovered comet and the fall equinox. Saturn is now well placed for observing in the early evening.  Face s...

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]]> 656737 Meteor Shower | August 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/meteor-shower-august-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meteor-shower-august-2023-sky-happenings Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:26:45 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32795 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of August, including the approaching Perseid meteor shower. Mars is low  in the west at dusk, and hard to notice because it is only as bright as ...

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]]> 638934 Seeking Summer Solstice | June 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/seeking-summer-solstice-june-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seeking-summer-solstice-june-2023-sky-happenings Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32739 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of June and the upcoming Summer Solstice. Venus remains high in the evening sky this month. It is high in the west at dusk each evening. Mars is ...

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]]> 607657 Milky Way Evenings | May 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/milky-way-evenings-may-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=milky-way-evenings-may-2023-sky-happenings Tue, 02 May 2023 23:06:23 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32714 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of May and the collision of our Milky Way against the horizon. Venus is even higher in the evening sky this month.  It is slightly higher in...

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]]> 591697 Daylight Savings Time | March 2023 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/daylight-savings-time-march-2023-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daylight-savings-time-march-2023-sky-happenings Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:24:58 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32672 Editor’s Note: We are looking up as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of March with a reminder that Daylight Savings Time is upon us. Jupiter is still in the evening sky as March begins.   However it...

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]]> 560633 Winter Solstice | December 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/winter-solstice-december-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-solstice-december-2022-sky-happenings Sun, 04 Dec 2022 15:30:00 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32593 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of December, including the science behind our winter solstice. Jupiter is still in the evening sky; look for it in the south at nightfall.  ...

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]]> 485571 Eyes on Artemis | November 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/eyes-on-artemis-november-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyes-on-artemis-november-2022-sky-happenings Thu, 03 Nov 2022 21:53:40 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32571 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of November, including the highly anticipated rescheduled Artemis I launch. Jupiter is still up most of the night; look for it in the southeast a...

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]]> 458950 Autumn Intermission | October 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/autumn-intermission-october-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autumn-intermission-october-2022-sky-happenings Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:16:44 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32520 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the autumn sky happenings for the month of October. Jupiter was up literally all night long last month.  It is still up most of the night; look for it in the east southeast at ni...

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]]> 435901 Artemis I to Launch | September 2022 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/artemis-i-to-launch-september-2022-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artemis-i-to-launch-september-2022-sky-happenings Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:31:54 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=32488 Editor’s Note: Look to the skies as HMNS Astronomer James Wooten explains the sky happenings for the month of September, including the highly anticipated postponement of the Artemis I launch. Jupiter is up literally all night long this month.&#16...

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