Skywatch http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch RSS Feed for Skywatch en-us Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:30:00 GMT Planet party, meteors will fill November sky http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20121028_Planet_party_meteors_will_fill_November_sky.html In November, all five naked-eye planets will be visible, including the all-night appearance of Jupiter, and a morning gathering of Venus and Saturn. The Leonid meteor shower returns mid-month, and there will be a solar eclipse deep in the southern hemisphere. 'Lahaina Noon' is on its way again http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20110626_Lahaina_Noon_is_on_its_way_again_.html In the tropics, there are two days a year when the sun hangs exactly overhead. The term "Lahaina Noon" was chosen in a contest that Bishop Museum sponsored in 1990 to provide a convenient and local name for this phenomenon. Summer's first month features Hercules and naked-eye planets http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20110529_Summers_first_month_features_Hercules_and_nakedeye_planets.html As with last month, it remains possible to catch all five naked-eye planets in June. Three eclipses occur but will not be visible in the islands. 4 planets will meet in May predawn sky http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20110424_4_planets_will_meet_in_May_predawn_sky.html The most remarkable astronomy event this May is a gathering of planets in the predawn sky. Shining bright and yellow, Saturn stays out all night http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20110327__Shining_bright_and_yellow__Saturn_stays_out_all_night.html April provides a chance to see nearly all the most famous constellations in one night, from Orion to Scorpius. Saturn shines all night, and the Lyrid meteor shower returns. Explore unique elements of isle skies in program http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20110130_Explore_unique_elements_of_isle_skies_in_program.html Bishop Museum's newest planetarium program, Tropical Skies, is now playing at 3:30 p.m. daily (except Tuesdays, when the museum is closed). Tropical Skies explores some of the unique qualities of the Hawaiian daytime and nighttime sky. At 50, planetarium looks to the future http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20101226_At_50_planetarium_looks_to_the_future.html Next year is an important one for the Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium at Bishop Museum. On Dec. 11 our planetarium turns 50. Originally called the Kilolani Planetarium, ours was the first planetarium in Polynesia. Watch the moon turn red during Dec. 20's lunar eclipse http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20101128_Watch_the_moon_turn_red_during_Dec_20s_lunar_eclipse.html We'll see a spectacular total lunar eclipse from the Hawaiian Islands on the night of Dec. 20. During a total eclipse the entire moon is in Earth's deep inner shadow. From about 9:45 to 10:50 p.m., the moon should turn a dark, eerie red. Jupiter blazes on as Leonids return http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20101031_Jupiter_blazes_on_as_Leonids_return.html Jupiter continues to blaze away in the evening sky at minus 2.8 magnitude, and Venus at minus 4.3 magnitude joins Saturn in the morning sky. The Leonid meteor shower returns Nov. 17-18, but don't expect the spectacular show we got from the Leonids in 2001. Brilliance of Venus slowly sinks below horizon http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/skywatch/20100926_Brilliance_of_Venus_slowly_sinks_below_horizon.html Venus has blazed like a torch in the west throughout the summer of 2010. However, it's time to say goodbye to the planet that we call both our sister planet and "the evening star."