Stargazing Forecast
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Wednesday
Feb 22
1 out of 10 (medium - high) -
Thursday
Feb 23
1 out of 10 (medium - high)Snow and rain this afternoon Hi 41° Low 30° Humidity 68% forecast detailsPoor Expect poor conditions for stargazing.
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Friday
Feb 24
7 out of 10 (medium - high)Mainly cloudy, a snow shower Hi 36° Low 24° Humidity 59% forecast detailsVery Good Conditions will be very good for watching the night sky.
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Saturday
Feb 25
7 out of 10 (medium - high)Cold with variable cloudiness Hi 33° Low 21° Humidity 48% forecast detailsVery Good Conditions will be very good for watching the night sky.
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Sunday
Feb 26
1 out of 10 (medium - high)Rather cloudy and breezy Hi 43° Low 32° Humidity 55% forecast detailsPoor Expect poor conditions for stargazing.
Moon Phases for Chicago, IL
Today
Waxing Crescent
Thu, Mar 1
First Quarter
Thu, Mar 8
Full
Thu, Mar 15
Last Quarter
Thu, Mar 22
New
Planet Rise & Set Times
Mercury
r: 7:10 AM
s: 6:34 PM
Venus
r: 8:14 AM
s: 9:13 PM
Mars
r: 6:26 PM
S: 7:37 AM
Jupiter
r: 9:07 AM
s: 10:46 PM
Saturn
r: 10:02 PM
s: 9:06 AM
Uranus
r: 7:47 AM
s: 7:58 PM
Neptune
r: 6:32 AM
s: 5:14 PM
Astronomy Live Feed
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Stunning Video of the Aurora and the Stars
Flickr.com - Feb 22, 2012; 5:11 PM ET
It's rare to see the aurora borealis as far south as New Hampshire.
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Is Venus Slowing Down?
AccuWeather.com - Feb 17, 2012; 10:03 AM ET
Our neighbor planet's orbit seems to have slowed down since it last was observed.
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Tornado Season On The Sun?
Space.com - Feb 16, 2012; 1:09 PM ET
Plasma caught in a magnetic dance across the Sun's surface closely resembles tornadoes on Earth.
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Two Earth-Sized Planets Born of Battered "Jupiter"?
nationalgeographic.com - Feb 15, 2012; 9:57 AM ET
Two Earth-size worlds orbiting perilously close to their dying star may be the fractured remnants of a Jupiter-like gas giant, a new study suggests.
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Red Sea: Sounding Radar Buoys Evidence Mars Once Had an Ocean
scientificamerican.com - Feb 14, 2012; 3:07 PM ET
The Red Planet looks to have been home to a large body of water billions of years ago
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The Recipe for Planet Earth
AccuWeather.com - Feb 9, 2012; 10:49 AM ET
Scientists have provided new insights into the processes behind the evolution of the planet.
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What?! Man Plans to Skydive from Space
RedBullStratos.com - Feb 7, 2012; 7:26 PM ET
"One Man. One Balloon. One jump from the edge of space breaking the speed of sound."
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Full Snow Moon Will Shine Bright Tonight
AccuWeather.com - Feb 7, 2012; 10:00 AM ET
The Full Snow Moon is a name given to the full moon that occurs in February in the North America.
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Auroral Ovals
The AccuWeather.com Stargazing Forecast considers weather conditions and the lunar cycle to forecast the peak evenings for amateur astronomy.
Astronomy Widgets
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Space Weather Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This Windows Vista™ gadget is handy for astronomers and features a NASA Solar Monitor which contains near-realtime and archived information on active regions and solar activity.
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Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
The Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas is the standard for the Lunar Observer; it details the lunar surface as seen through the telescope.
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Solar Eclipse Calculator
For Mac OSX® - Developed by Xavier Jubier
This widget computes the local circumstances for any solar eclipses from 1970 to 2039.
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SOHO Solar Prominence Feed
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This gadget is very useful to people who own and operate "Coranados' Line of Solar Telescope" the last 48 hours of real time feed updated every hour from NASA's SOHO Project.
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Meteor Showers
For Yahoo! Widgets - Developed by James Constable
Perfect for stargazers and amateur astronomers, this Widget keeps track of eleven of the most spectacular meteor showers visible throughout the year, and notifies you when they are active.
Snow Produced By the Ocean?
You have probably heard of lake-effect snow, but can the ocean produce similar conditions?
Outdoor > Beach & Marine
Poor Expect poor conditions for stargazing.