Dan Brandon
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May 17
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) to revolutionize Earth-watching
By Ethan Siegel Images credit: an artist’s concept of the JPSS-2 Satellite for NOAA and NASA by Orbital ATK (top); complete temperature map of the world from NOAA’s National Weather Service (bottom). If you want to collect data with a variety of instruments over an entire planet as quickly as possible, there are …
May 04
Mercury Transit of the Sun on May 9: How to See It and What to Expect : Space.com
By Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education On Monday (May 9), you will have an opportunity to witness one of the rarest astronomical events: a transit of Mercury across the face of the sun. Because Mercury and Venus are closer to the sun than Earth is, the two planets occasionally pass between Earth and the sun, …
Apr 26
Celebrate Astronomy Day
Celebrate Astronomy Day Saturday, May 14, 2016 8-10 PM at Rinderer Park Veteran’s Honor Parkway and Trestle Road Highland, Illinois Hosted by: The River Bend Astronomy Club Join us for telescope viewing and demonstrations! For information or to check for weather cancellations, go to www.riverbendastro.org
