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What's Up? - Ohio Skylights February 2025

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in February 2025!

Happy February! Now that it’s starting to warm up and we’re no longer getting blasted with arctic winds,…

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn December 2020

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights January 2025

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in January 2025

Happy January and happy New Year! I hope everyone is finding ways to stay warm with the blast of cold temperatures and snow…

stock photo of a cold moon

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 “…

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…

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…

Partial Solar Eclipse.

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights April 2024

By Alyssa Whalen
Solar Eclipse Edition

The long-awaited 2024 solar eclipse is upon us! Cross your fingers for clear skies onMonday, April 8th, because it will be quite a sight.

What is a Solar Eclipse?

An…

Tulips

Ohio SkyLites - March 2024

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

Happy Spring! Despite the predictions of a groundhog in February, March is consistently the astronomical start of…