The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club hosted its annual Star Gaze outreach event at C.M. Crockett Park on Saturday, featuring Astronomy Bingo, a sky tour, telescopes on the observing field after sunset, and lectures by Woody Davis, Alan Goldberg, and Paul Derby. #StarGaze2024 #StarGaze #NOVAC #Virginia #NightSky #Astronomy
Bob King - Harvest Moon Takes a Quick Dip in Earth's Shadow:
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/harvest-moon-takes-a-quick-dip-in-earths-shadow/
#HarvestMoon #Moon #PartialLunarEclipse #Eclipse #Obscuration #Astronomy
Massimo Luciani - Pure sulfur discovered in Gediz Vallis on Mars:
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2024/07/19/pure-sulfur-discovered-in-gediz-vallis-on-mars/
#CuriosityRover #GedizVallis #Mars #Sulfur #SolarSystemScience #PlanetaryScience #Geology #Astronomy
Massimo Luciani - New evidence for the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole in the Omega Centauri globular cluster:
#OmegaCentauri #BlackHole #Hubble #SpaceTelescope #HST #OrbitalMechanics #Astrophysics #Astronomy
A Full Strawberry Moon approaches completion during the night of the Summer Solstice of 2024. Saturn and Neptune follow in the eastern sky as the reddish planet Mars, walking behind these two gaseous planets, fades into the summer sunrise.
#FullStrawberryMoon #StrawberryMoon #FullMoon #Moon #SummerSolstice #Solstice #NightSky #Astronomy
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice/
C. Alex Young, Raúl Cortés, Armando Caussade - Sun news June 15, 2024: Sunspot region growing quickly:
https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/
#SunspotRegion #AR3712 #AuroraForecast #Astrophysics #SpaceWeather #Astronomy
