August is going to be a fun month for gazing at the night sky! Looking larger and slightly brighter than usual is the Super Sturgeon Moon. This is also the second of four supermoons in 2023. This one shines in all it’s glory on August 1st. Check the Moon calculator for the exact time of this Super…
The summer is now in full swing and July starts us off on the 1st with the Conjunction of Venus and Mars. A conjunction is when two astronomical objects appear close to each other in the sky and are widely associated with planets. Venus and Mars will pass within 3 1/2 degrees of each other…
Mars will pass through a background star cluster known as the Beehive on June 1st and 2nd this month. A good pair of binoculars should be enough to see this rare event, but a Lunt Solar 80mm, 100mm or the 130mm Universal Telescope in Night mode will provide a much better view. Check out how…
So, while there are always things to view in the night sky, sometimes you have to really look for them. If you don’t, you just might miss them entirely. First we have the Full Moon on May 4th/5th, also known as the Flower Moon due to the abundance of spring flowers making their appearance. Check…
Shortly after midnight on April 6th our Full Moon reaches full illumination. This Pink Moon will appear full for 3 days. According to alamac.com This means that April’s full Moon is the Paschal Full Moon—an important Moon to those who celebrate Easter, since Easter’s date depends on the date of the Paschal Full Moon. Next up…
You must have seen Jupiter & Venus getting ever closer in the last weeks of February. Finally on March 2 they will be in conjunction. It will only appear they overlap each other however as in Space they are still miles apart. Learn a little more here about this celestial event. March also brings with it the first of the…
February starts us off right with the comet-c-2022-e3-ztf (aka the green comet) and its closest approach to Earth on Feb 1st!! With the help of a telescope it has already been visible but now it should also be visible to the naked eye if you are in the right dark sky conditions. It will remain visible through…
Kicking off our New Year is the Quadrantids Meteor Shower. This is the final shower until April, so you’ll want to get in some good sky watching time. The Quadrantids is an above average shower, with up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. Enjoy this shower’s peak on the 3rd and 4th, but note that the nearly full moon will…
We are now less than 12 months away from the start of the action!! The Annular Solar Eclipse will be on Saturday October 14, 2023! It will be seen across many U.S. States but to see the “Ring of Fire” you will have to be in specific locations. Here is a list of cities where you can see this Solar…
The Lunt team is super pumped that the 1st of two awesome Solar eclipses, that will cross the U.S., is now less than 1 year away! That’s right October 14th marked the official one year mark to the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2023! This Annular Solar Eclipse will race across many US States from Oregon through…
As the cold winter air settles in, December starts off with a Full Moon known as the Cold Moon on the 8th. Early Native American tribes gave it this name because the nights this time of year are long, dark and you guessed it cold. It is also known as the Moon Before Yule. Check the Moon…
We were super excited to host our visitors from GEOASTRORV. Check out this portion of their article about their visit, and be sure to visit the rest of their blog at geoastrorv.com. GEOASTRORV — Our Geology and Astronomy RV Journey Last fall, we purchased a Lunt 152THa solar telescope. This 152 mm (6″) f/6 hydrogen-alpha (h-alpha) telescope has…