Posted on 5:38 am, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Tags: bishop museum, mike shanahan, quadrantid meteor shower, sky watch
(Sky Watch is a regular column written by Mike Shanahan, director of education and exhibits at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He can be reached at mikes@bishopmuseum.org.) January 2012 is a great month for planet-watching. Venus You have probably noticed Venus already in December as the brilliant light in the west above the glow of […]
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Posted on 1:48 pm, Friday, March 4, 2011. Tags: bishop museum, mike shanahan, sky watch
(Sky Watch is a regular column written by Mike Shanahan, director of education and exhibits at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He can be reached at mikes@bishopmuseum.org.) Jupiter, king of planets, has been our constant evening companion for the last six months. Only Venus outshines Jupiter among the planets and stars, and Venus has not […]
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Posted on 4:20 am, Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Tags: bishop museum, mike shanahan, sky watch
(Sky Watch is a regular column written by Mike Shanahan, director of education and exhibits at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He can be reached at mikes@bishopmuseum.org.) Jupiter remains the bright light in the western evening sky, shining at minus 2 magnitude. However, it’s getting pretty low in the west in February and we’ll lose […]
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Posted on 8:11 pm, Sunday, December 19, 2010. Tags: bishop museum, mike shanahan, sky watch
(Sky Watch is a regular column written by Mike Shanahan, director of education and exhibits at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. He can be reached at mikes@bishopmuseum.org.) If the weather cooperates, we’ll see a spectacular total lunar eclipse from the Hawaiian Islands on the evening on Monday, Dec 20. About 9:45 p.m. to 10:50 p.m. […]
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Posted on 8:52 pm, Monday, December 13, 2010. Tags: geminid meteors, mike shanahan
Special to Hawaii 24/7 by Mike Shanahan | Bishop Museum Director of Education The Geminid shower is a consistent shower that comes by every mid-December. This year the peak is the night of Dec. 13-14 (i.e. stay up late Monday). Meteor showers are always better after midnight; and in the very early hours of Dec. […]
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