Carolina Skies

WRAL teams up with the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center to bring you a monthly look at the sights above, be they stars, planets, comets, eclipses or meteor showers.

Also, check out our Carolina Skies blog, submit your astronomy-related questions and read answers to your questions here.

Previous Carolina Skies Segments:

• Baseball diamond in sky points to Andromeda Galaxy (Dec. 6)
• Moonwatching at Morehead Planetarium (Oct. 4)
• Catching meteors and shooting stars (Aug. 9)
• Jupiter shines in southern summer skies (July 4)
• Spot the space station, other objects above (May 10)
• Saturn shines in Leo (April 12)
• Help gauge the effect of light pollution (March 8)
• Stargazers to catch total eclipse of full moon (Feb. 16)
• Orion guides stargazers to Mars (Jan. 12)
• Gemini Meteor Shower (Dec. 8, 2007)
• Holmes Comet burns in Triangle sky (Nov. 10, 2007)
• The morning and the evening star (Oct. 13, 2007)
• Clearing up moon misconceptions (Sept. 15, 2007)
• Perseids Meteor Shower and lunar eclipse (Aug. 11, 2007)
• Venus and Jupiter in the skies (July 21, 2007)

Related Resources:

• Carolina Skies (blog)
• Ask the staff at the Morehead Planetarium and Space Center your questions
• Read answers to your questions.
• Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
• Morehead Planetarium & Science Center Skywatching Calendar
• Sky & Telescope Interactive Sky Chart
• Ask the Meteorologists