FLORIDA ASTRONOMY
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CLICK THE TABS/LINKS TO FIND ASTRONOMY CLUBS, PLANETARIUMS & OBSERVATORIES, DARK SKY SITES, ASTRONOMY EVENTS, WEATHER PAGE, FREE TOOLS TO FIND OBJECTS IN THE SKY AND ASTRONOMY GEAR.
Florida light pollution image by NASA above. FOR INFO ABOUT DARK SKY SITES IN FLORIDA FOR BETTER OBSERVING, GO TO THE DARK SITES PAGE
There are public Astronomy events in Florida's parks, star parties and New Moon observing events with Astronomy clubs from dark sky sites, and events at observatories and planetariums. I list the ones I hear about at the Florida Astronomy Events page.
FOR MORE FREE TOOLS TO FIND THINGS IN THE SKY, GO TO THE TOOLS PAGE
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All images above by Jason Higley
Space Telescope Science Institute's March Tonight's Sky
A recent Ask a Spaceman by Paul Sutter on YouTube
A recent vid with Dr. Becky on YouTube
A recent Space Time's with Stuart Gary on YouTube
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Below is the latest Sun image from minutes ago in the emission wavelength of the Helium ion via the Solar Dynamics Observatory AIA304 filter (304 Angstroms or 30.4 nanometers). Images Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE and HMI Science Teams.
LATEST SUN IMAGE - The image below is the most recent one of our Sun's disk today, via the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite's HMI filter. If sunspots are visible today they should appear here. Never look directly at the Sun with your eyes, binoculars or a telescope without proper filter protection.
AN UPDATED SECOND EDITION OF THE TEXTBOOK "ASTRONOMY" IS OUT NOW In an email I received from Andrew Fraknoi (who is one of the authors of the textbook), on May 13, 2022 he indicated "...In the years since the book was first published in 2017, it has been used by more than 700,000 students and has saved those students more than $56 million in astronomy textbook costs. Over 1300 university, college, and school instructors have used the book, making it the leading textbook for Astronomy 101 courses."
They've made some updates to it and even have some other resources available now in conjunction with the book for professors. Go check it out, IT'S FREE!
They've made some updates to it and even have some other resources available now in conjunction with the book for professors. Go check it out, IT'S FREE!
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ASTRONOMY NEWS LINKS
ASTRONOMY PODCASTS
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EVERY DAY IS ASTRONOMY DAY!
Hi, I'm Jason Higley (father of that kid), and I've made this website so that we all can find things related to Florida Astronomy. You can let me (and others) know if you have Florida Astronomy related news, events or info by e-mailing me at reachjasonh@ (and add gmail.com to the end of that) and I can share it with everyone here. Here are some minor notes about some other Astronomy things I've done can be seen at my Some Astro Images page.
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THE SKY AS IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA,
OTHER FLORIDA LOCATIONS WILL APPEAR VERY SIMILAR. THE RED LINE IS THE ECLIPTIC (WHERE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM'S PLANETS, SUN AND MOON TRAVEL.)
OTHER FLORIDA LOCATIONS WILL APPEAR VERY SIMILAR. THE RED LINE IS THE ECLIPTIC (WHERE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM'S PLANETS, SUN AND MOON TRAVEL.)
