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| This web site is a joint venture of the
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium and
Vermont Public Radio with support from the Partnership
for a Nation of Learners, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Institute of Museum and Library
Services leadership initiative. |
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EYE ON THE NIGHT SKY |
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What have you seen in the night sky? Check here for what's visible in our late summer skies.
August's highlight is the Perseid Meteor Shower. VPR and the Fairbanks Museum will host our Eye On The Sky Star Party at Burke Mountain. See the Night Sky page for more details.
Questions about the cosmos? Post your comment on the Night Sky blog. |
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SIZZLE AND STORMS |
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Summer weather features any number of pleasant days, but heat waves and thunderstorms are the weather show stoppers this time of year. Share your reports of how thunderstorms have impacted your area, or post extreme temperatures - hot OR cold - and share any other weather events of note..... |
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ALMANAC |
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August 21st starts with a sunrise at 6:01, followed by a sunset this evening at 7:44, adding up to 13 hours and 44 minutes of daylight.
Jupiter rises near 8:30 PM EDT, as twilight is fading, and is due south by midnight.
Mars is sliding slowly to the left of Saturn, remaining close to the same position each evening this month, while Saturn gradually sinks into the Sun's twilight.
Venus and Mercury are lost in the Sun's glare. Venus returns to the evening skies this fall.
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