Keep Looking Up

“Fainter Phenomena in the Night Sky”

By Gary Fugman

At the September Northeast Nebraska Astronomy Club (NENAC) meeting, we were treated to “Bright Objects in the Night Sky”.  This Friday, October 11 at 8pm at the Lyons Library and Saturday, October 12 at 8pm at the Decatur Sears Center Pastor Gary Fugman will lead a discuss on “Fainter Phenomena in the Night Sky”.  What do we mean by faint?  We will discuss phenomena such as the Milky Way, auroras, zodical light and comets.  You may know these terms.  But do you know what these faint light are and how they can be viewed from Eastern Nebraska?  Free star charts will also be given and explained.  People of all ages are invited to NENAC this weekend!

Then, weather permitting, on Friday at 9pm we will travel south to the Cory and Tracie Martin residence and on Saturday at 9pm to Fugman Observatory south of Decatur to view the Moon and deep sky objects of fall with large astronomical telescopes.  You are invited to bring your binoculars or telescope to the observing sessions.

For more information on this and future NENAC presentations, call Pastor Gary Fugman at 349-1953 or google “nenacstars” and Keep Looking Up!

Questions to Consider:

Why would you expect other planets to occasionally appear in the zodical lght?

Why are auroras most easily visible from far northern or far southern latitudes on Earth?