News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Besides the usual fireworks used on July 4 to celebrate our country's independence, July 2018 skies will be lit up by a parade of all five naked-eye planets in the evening sky - highlighted by a close approach of Mars. Early in the month, attention should first be given to the planet Mercury hovering low in the western sky. On July 12 the smallest orb in the solar system will be at its greatest eastern elongation, placing it a full 26 degrees from the sun. Throughout the remai... Full story
As the year 2018 advances into its second month, celestial treasures await discovery by curious observers. Chief among them is the famous Pleiades star cluster, which is near the meridian at nightfall in February. Located in the constellation of Taurus, this group of stars marks the Bull's shoulder. The Pleiades cluster is known by many names, such as M45, the Seven Sisters and Subaru, Japanese for Pleiades. In fact, the Subaru car company uses the cluster as its logo, but... Full story
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 will move across Sisters Country on Monday, August 21. The moon's shadow will cut a 70-mile-wide swath of totality across the country from Oregon to South Carolina. Viewers within the path will see the moon completely cover the sun to reveal the sun's beautiful, tenuous atmosphere, called the corona. Reddish-colored prominences may also be seen darting from the limb of the moon. The length of totality will depend on how close an observer is... Full story
