Driftless Dark Skies: North American Eclipse

Driftless Dark Skies

Driftless Dark Skies: North American Eclipse (March 2024) Earth, Moon, and Sun align on Monday, April 8 for skygazers to be wowed by a Solar Eclipse. Here in the Driftless Area, the show starts around 12:50pm when the New Moon takes a “bite” out of the Sun as it moves...

Driftless Dark Skies: Three Words

Driftless Dark Skies

Driftless Dark Skies: Three Words International Dark Sky Week (April 2-8) is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night. This month, I would like to indulge my fascination with words from my previous careers as an English teacher and as a research assistant...

Driftless Dark Skies: Wow!

Driftless Dark Skies

Aurora photo by Rob Steffen. Fireball photo by Pat Ladwig. Eclipse photo by John Heasley. Driftless Dark Skies: Wow! (January 2024) I love the custom of our astronomy club to begin our gatherings with a question. It’s a way to create space to hear from each of our...

Driftless Dark Skies: Halfway for Halley

Driftless Dark Skies, Uncategorized

2061 sky view graphic created with Starry Night software. Orbit graphic by Ian Ridpath. Driftless Dark Skies: Halfway for Halley Humans have been awed by Comet Halley for generations. Every 75-79 years it returns and is visible to skywatchers on Earth. There is a...

Driftless Dark Skies: Twinkling Stars

Driftless Dark Skies, Driftless Wisconsin, Recreation & Outdoors

Graphics created with Starry Night software. View 1 looks NNW at 5:30pm on Nov 10 to see Arcturus and Capella. View 2 is looks ESE at 10:30pm on Nov 10 to see Sirius. Driftless Dark Skies: Twinkling Stars November is a great month to watch stars twinkling in the...

Driftless Dark Skies: Partial Solar Eclipse

Driftless Dark Skies

Driftless Dark Skies: Partial Solar Eclipse The New Moon will pass between the Sun and Earth on the morning of Saturday, October 14th, and skywatchers in the Driftless Area and beyond can enjoy the amazing sight of a partial solar eclipse! Staring at the Sun can cause...