Evening with the Stars
January Astronomy Program January 17th, 2019 6 pm – 9 pm This program is held at Crane Point and features the Orion Nebula. The evening will begin with an introduction to why we look at the stars and will be followed by the program on the Orion Nebula. Everyone...
The Sun
You are now at the heart of our solar system. Sol, our sun, is a yellow dwarf star, a hot ball of glowing gases. Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything from the biggest planets to the smallest particles of debris in its orbit. Electric...
Mercury
You are right, it is Mercury. You have just traveled a distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) or 0.39 AU. The smallest planet in our solar system and the nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon. From the surface...
Venus
Venus, it is! The second planet from the Sun and our closest planetary neighbor, Venus is similar in structure and size to Earth, but it is now a very different world. Venus spins slowly in the opposite direction most planets do. Its thick atmosphere traps heat in a...Help make Crane Point everything that it can be
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