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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…

Image from Sunset on Mount Lemmon, Arizona

Ohio SkyLites - February 2024

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

While winter brings cold winds and slippery sidewalks, it also brings long nights to go out and observe! However…

Telescopes and Snow

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights January 2024

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

Happy New Year! Along with the new year, the days will start to grow longer again since the winter solstice is…

Aurora Borealis over Alaska

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights December 2023

By Alyssa Whalen
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in December 2023

Author’s Note: Sorry for the delay! I am a 4th-year student at Ohio State, and I am currently applying for…