The Sky Tonight Update: Perseids Meteor Shower
The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by comet...
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LASM
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Full Moon
The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs...
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LASM
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
The Delta Aquarids is an average shower that can produce up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by...
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LASM
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Saturn at Opposition
The ringed planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. It will be brighter than...
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LASM
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Jupiter at Opposition
The giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. It will be brighter than any...
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LASM
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Full Moon
The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs...
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LASM
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
An eclipse of the moon can only happen at full moon, when the sun, Earth and moon line up in space, with Earth in the middle. At such...
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LASM
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Annular Solar Eclipse
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is too far away from the Earth to completely cover the Sun. This results in a ring of light...
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LASM
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: June Solstice
The June solstice occurs at 21:44 UTC (3:44 Central time). The North Pole of the earth will be tilted toward the Sun, which will have...
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LASM
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Full Moon
The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This full moon was...
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LASM
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Earth’s shadow can be divided into two distinctive parts: the umbra and penumbra. Earth totally occludes direct solar radiation within...
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LASM
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
Lore of the Constellations: Corona Borealis
In our last video, Jay Lamm, Planetarium Producer and Technical Manager at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium in the Louisiana Art &...
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LASM
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Full Moon, Supermoon
The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This full moon was...
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LASM
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
Lore of the Constellations: Boötes
For video #3 in our special series, Jay Lamm, Planetarium Producer and Technical Manager at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium in the...
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LASM
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in...
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LASM
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
Lore of the Constellations: Virgo the Maiden
In part 2 of this special video series, Jay Lamm, Planetarium Producer and Technical Manager at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium in...
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LASM
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Lyrids Meteor Shower
The Lyrids is an average shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by dust particles left behind by...
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LASM
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Lore of the Constellations: Leo
In this special video series, Jay Lamm, Planetarium Producer and Technical Manager at the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium in the...
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LASM
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky Tonight Update: Full Moon, Supermoon
The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This full moon was...
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LASM
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Jupiter’s Awesome New Image
The Juno spacecraft is a space probe orbiting Jupiter and it’s been sending back some amazing pictures of the gas giant. Launched on...
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