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February Space Station and Stars
The International Space Station will be making a few visible passes through Santa Barbara’s evening skies in early February, if the sky is clear.
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First Moon of 2021
Ronald shares a photo of the first new moon of 2021 that debuted on January 13.
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January Space Station and Stars
The International Space Station will be making a few visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies in the next week, if the clouds are polite.
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Sunspot Activity Finally Perking Up
An edhat reader documents the next Solar Cycle for sunspots that are expected to peak in 2025.
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Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter
Edhat readers share their photos of the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter on Monday evening.
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Geminids Meteor
Ronald shares a photo of a shooting star streaking through Orion's belt above Santa Barbara.
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Moon Occults Venus
Chuck shares a video of the Moon occulting the planet Venus at 1:17 PM PST from Santa Barbara.
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The ISS and the Seven Sisters
Chuck shares a shot of the International Space Station passing through the Pleiades from our point of view on Monday evening, just before it faded away into the Earth’s shadow.
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December ISS and Sky Happenings
The International Space Station will be making a few visible passes through Santa Barbara’s evening skies in early December.
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Have you looked at the moon?
Edhat readers report an interesting ring around the moon.
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SpaceX to Launch Sentinel-6 Satellite from Vandenberg AFB Saturday
Team Vandenberg and SpaceX are scheduled to launch the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9:17 a.m., from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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November ISS
The International Space Station will be making some good visible passes through Santa Barbara’s evening skies during the last half of November.
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Red Planet and Reddish Moon
On Friday night, October 2, the Harvest Moon, made rosy by smoke from fires, glided very close to the red planet Mars at 10:00 PM with only about 1 degree separation
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Early Fall ISS, Mars, and Stars
The International Space Station will be making visible passes through Santa Barbara’s evening skies this weekend.
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Moon and Jupiter Near Conjunction
Ronald shares a photo of Jupiter getting close to the moon.
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Local Youth Wins Honors in Astrophotography Competition
A Dos Pueblos High School student has won third place in a worldwide astrophotography competition.
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Equinox Space Station
The International Space Station will be making evening passes through Santa Barbara’s evening skies for the week leading up to the Autumnal Equinox.
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Perseid Meteors and More?
An edhat reader shares their viewing of the Perseid Meteor Shower and an unusual aircraft pattern.
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Jupiter and Four Moons
An edhat reader shares an astronomical report from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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International Space Station Solar Transit, July 31
Fritz captured a time-lapse image of the International Space Station over our local skies on July 31.
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Midsummer Space Station and August Sights
The International Space Station will be making evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies from now into the first week of August.
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A Comet's Mission
Merritt shares a photo of Comet Neowise over the Santa Barbara Mission.
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Neowise Triptych
Ronald shares photos of Comet Neowise from different perspectives in our local skies.
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Comet Neowise Makes Some Noise
[Update]: Edhat readers share photos of the passing Comet Neowise in our local skies
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ISS and Comet Neowise
An edhat reader shares photos of the passing International Space Station and Comet Neowise in our local skies.
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Summer Space Station
The International Space Station will make some nicely visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies over the next week.
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Another ISS Lunar Transit
The International Space Station transited the moon Monday morning just south of Los Alamos.
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End of Spring ISS
The International Space Station will make a long series of visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies for the next two weeks.
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ISS for Mid-May
The International Space Station will make several visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies over the next week.
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Citizen Science During the Pandemic
Chuck shares a citizen science activity to keep you busy during the pandemic, observing asteroid occultations for IOTA.