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We fetch the stars, and bring them to you! STARDOGS ASTRONOMY IS ALL ABOUT ENHANCMENT.
FROM THE MOMENT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE STEP INTO THE STARDOGS’ STARLAB PLANETARIUM, THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE! OUR PLANETARIUM PROVIDES A UNIQUE CLASSROOM SETTING AS WE SEEK TO ENHANCE YOUR TEACHING CURRICULUM WITH A VARIETY OF LESSONS THAT WILL CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF YOUR STUDENTS, YET BOLSTER THEIR FACTUAL FOUNDATION IN MANY AREAS.
Today, November 13th, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, that was launched on September 5th, 1977, is 16,070,400,000 miles from Earth. This is a milestone because those miles equal the distance light travels in one day at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
The spacecraft is traveling 38,026.79 miles per hour, or 10.56 miles per second. Yeah, in space travel, that's really slow.
So Voyager 1 is now 1 light day from Earth.
If you're up early on Friday morning before dawn, look to the East to see a crescent Moon between Saturn on the left and Venus on the right! Should be beautiful!
The StarDog hasn't posted much regarding what to see in the night skies because, here in Michigan, the night skies have been mostly cloudy all the time and many of us can't see any stars at night . However, it looks as if, after next week, we will get some clearing skies at night and we can see the heavens again. That'll be a relief!
This weekend, look for a few (not a lot) meteors from the Ursid Meteor Shower.
The StarDog has been recovering from a hip replacement and has been in therapy for the past month. It's getting stronger and driving is possible now.
Mark your calendar for Aug.11th-13th...The Perseid Meteor Shower. Best times to see meteors is in the early morning hours.
04/08/2024
The StarDog was in Indiana to catch totality of the eclipse! Absolutely awesome!
01/31/2024
Here's what's "UP" for February!
Leap into February's must-see astronomy events The three biggest astronomy events in February will all be centered around the moon, including one of the smallest full moons of 2024.
A question I get a lot is, "How far away is the North Star?"
Our North Star has a name, it's Polaris, and if you look up Polaris online, you'll get it's distance in Light Years. A light year is the distance of how far light travels in one year, 5.88 trillion miles. That is a number that is so difficult to wrap one's brain around, so science uses light years to make things manageable as far as numbers go. I however, am a numbers guy so I've done the math for you on the distances to over 100 of the stars we see in the night sky as well as a number of other objects and have them on a chart. So back to Polaris:
Polaris distance from Earth is listed as 431.2328 light years. Well, that's all good and dandy, but how far is that? In Miles, that distance comes to 2,535,648,864,000,000 (2 quadrillion, 535 trillion, 648 billion, 864 million) miles. In Kilometers, 4,079,893,520,800,000 (4 quadrillion, 79 trillion, 893 billion, 520 million, 800 thousand) kilometers.
Now you know why the measurement of Light Years is used.
If you want to know how far other stars are, let me know, I'll do my best to find it for you.
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