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What's Up? - Ohio Skylights December 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in December 2024

Happy December! 2024 is rolling to a close as the days get shorter and shorter. We start the month with sunrise at about 7:…

Diagram of Mercury's Greatest Eastern Elongation

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights November 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in November 2024

Happy November and happy end of daylight savings! November 3rd is the end of daylight savings time, meaning clocks will “…

Comet A3 by Daniel Korona

How to view Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS vaults into the evening sky on or about Oct. 11th. Map dates show the comet's position from latitude 40° north during the evening hours for U.S. time zones.

Aurora Borealis over Alaska

Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns

A severe geomagnetic storm is possible on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 10 and Oct. 11).

Full Moon picture taken by wikipedia user gnuckx

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights October 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in October 2024

Happy October and happy Fall! With the days getting shorter and shorter the month will see sunrise and sunset at 7:28am and…

A tree with a night side and day side

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights September 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in September 2024

Happy September! I’ll be the new writer for Ohio SkyLites, so I look forward to keeping everyone up to date on what’s up…

Skyline of Columbus at sunset

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights July 2024

By Alyssa Whalen
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in July 2024

Happy Summertime! With the warm weather finally here, it is the perfect time of year to go out and observe! The sun…

Diagram showing why Earth has Seasons and when the Equinox and Solstices are.

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights June 2024

By Alyssa Whalen
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in June 2024

Happy Summer! The summer solstice occurs this month on June 20th, marking the astronomical start of the summer season…

Moon Phase Diagram for May2024

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights May 2024

By Alyssa Whalen

Happy May! Ohio’s weather is finally becoming more consistent after the whirlwind of a spring. The sun is rising bright and early around 6:15 am, and setting at 8:40 pm, averaging nearly…