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Hello, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky For astronomers, the moon is both a blessing and a nuisance.  It’s considered a nuisance when its bright glare drowns out the dim light from faint and fuzzy deep sky objects that we all want to either … Five Things About The Moon

The Celestial Swarm – March 2016 Hello everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. Stars are usually born in groups inside dense, vast, and cold clouds of molecular hydrogen and dust. After they become full­fledged stars they will disperse from their parent clouds over … The Celestial Swarm

Hello everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. September of 2015 will go down as one of the best months of the year for Moon lovers of all kinds.  Not only do we have International Observe the Moon Night going on, but we also … Celebration of the Moon – transcript

THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER Hi everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences: welcome to The Night Sky. On any given day of the year it’s estimated that the Earth collides with about 19,000 meteors weighing over 3.5 ounces.  The majority of these burn up in our atmosphere but a … The Night Sky – Perseid Meteor Shower Transcript

PLUTO AND THE PLANETARY BLUES Hello everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. Remember when our solar system had nine planets?  Our little corner of the universe seemed so familiar and well organized back then: we had the Sun, four rocky inner planets, an … Pluto and the Planetary Blues – Transcript

SATELLITE NIGHTS by Darrell Heath   Hi everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. As an amateur astronomer I’m always looking up. During the day it’s possible for me to see such things as rainbows, solar halos, strange cloud formations and even the Moon. … Satellite Nights – Transcript

THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE: 25 YEARS ON THE COSMIC FRONTIER Hi everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. Almost from the moment of its invention in 1608 the telescope revolutionized our understanding of the universe and how we fit within it.   Using a crudely … The Hubble Space Telescope: 25 Years on the Cosmic Frontier

HOORAY FOR MR. MESSIER – 3/1/15 Hi everyone, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; welcome to The Night Sky. On a March evening in the year 1744 a 13-year-old boy living in Lorraine, France saw an amazing spectacle in the night sky that would inspire him to make astronomy … The Night Sky – Hooray for Mr. Messier

February 2015 Script – From Venus, With Love FROM VENUS, WITH LOVE Hello, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, welcome to The Night Sky. When I was a boy of about 10 or 11 I became hooked on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars novels.  For weeks on … From Venus, With Love – Script Feb 2015

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, WINTER STAR Hello, I’m Darrell Heath with the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, welcome to The Night Sky. I imagine many of you have stepped outside on a cold winter’s night and noticed just how bright the stars look.   Part of this is due to the fact that the atmosphere is … The Night Sky – January 2015