Utah Skies
Every Tuesday at 4:48 p.m.
Utah Skies is a journey to the astronomical universe featuring astronomical enthusiasts Tom Westre and Blaine Dickey from the Cache Valley Astronomical Society. This weekly two minute segment can be heard Tuesday afternoons at 4:48 during All Things Considered. Clear skies!
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This coming week, February 5th, marks the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 14 lunar landing, launched January 31, 1971. -
Discovered back on March 2, 2022, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is finally visible in Utah's night sky. -
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During September, Jupiter will reach opposition on the 26th. It will be closer to the Earth since 1963 and won’t be this close again until 2129. -
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Within the Eagle Nebula are the “Pillars of Creation,” which were made famous from the Hubble Space Telescope images. -
On April 16, 2022, Koichi Itagaki, an amateur astronomer in Japan, discovered a Supernova in a galaxy that is 63 million light years away. -
The Milky Way is the home of our sun and its planets including our earth. But during the fall season we can view another distant galaxy. The Andromeda…
