Astronomy
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Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and the National Space Society, bringing you the October Starwatch for WNTI.ORG Watch out! The Orionids are coming to the Earth this month. The Orionids are not aliens from space, but a meteor shower that appears to emanate from the background of stars in the […]
Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and the National Space Society, bringing you the August Starwatch for WNTI-The Sound of Centenary. Would you believe that there’s going to be an impressive shower taking place next to a famous hero? The shower is a meteor shower and the hero is Perseus. In […]
Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and National Space Society, bringing you the July 2022 Starwatch for WNTI.ORG. In what constellation can we find the North Star? Some would say “In the Big Dipper”. It’s at the end of the handle in the Small Dipper. It’s also called Polaris because our […]
Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and the National Space Society, bringing you the May Starwatch for WNTI.ORG. Has any human ever walked on the Moon? The U.S. is the only country that had 6 astronauts to land and walk on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 – beginning with Apollo […]
Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and the National Space Society, bringing you the April Starwatch for WNTI.ORG How do we get information about the stars and the planets? The only way is from analyzing the light coming from them. But the light produced by the stars and the light reflected […]
Hello! I’m Karl Hricko of United Astronomy Clubs of NJ and the National Space Society, bringing you the March Starwatch for WNTI.ORG So what does the month of March and the planet Mars have in common? They both represent Mars, the god of war and turbulence. On the Roman calendar, it was called “Martius as […]
