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Looking for something to watch this weekend? Check out Particles Unknown on the PBS series NOVA. There you will learn about neutrinos and the experiments done to detect them. Ohio State…

While we're all trying our best to keep our distance from one another during the current pandemic, Jupiter and Saturn are defiantly doing exactly the…

Astronomer Phil Plait, at Syfy Wire, goes through a list of some quality telescopes for beginners, experts and for those in between. He has written other posts…

Ohio SkyLites is back. We will post weekly what is up in our night sky. Podcast recording below.

Looking for something to do to cure your COVID blues?

From July 12-18 you can see this incredible comet gracing our skies just after sunset in the Northwest horizon right under the Big…

“The moon is a loyal companion.

It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a…

We had a great star party on March 23, 2019. Here are some images that were taken by Tim Black.

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March 20 - First day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere

March 21 at 1:43 UTC - Full moon - Super "worm" moon

In our evening sky, Mars is in the west at sunset near the Pleiades

On December 16th, Comet 64P Wirtanen will pass the Earth at 12 million kilometers away. It may become as bright as 3rd magnitude. The diffuse coma and a nearly full Moon will make observations…