Watch the Skies: Longest partial lunar eclipse in centuries
The talk of the sky this coming week is a partial lunar eclipse. This isn't some ordinary eclipse, though, so if you don't mind...
Frost Advisory in effect for areas of Northeast Georgia
The Freeze Warning for northern Georgia has expired.
The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for several counties in extreme Northeast Georgia.
The Advisory...
The Sky this Week: Atoptics
For this week's edition we are going to change gears entirely. As John Cleese would say: "and now for something completely different".
There is a...
The Sky this Week: What makes a “solar storm”?
It's been an eventful week for the Sun. The first large, Earth-directed flare of the new solar cycle made every major news outlet with...
The Sky this Week: Neptune
-Far out in the unfathomable reaches of our Solar System lies the last planet: Neptune.
Neptune was first noted by Galileo back in 1612, but...
The Sky this Week: Uranus
This week we'll continue to explore the gas giants of the outer solar system by taking a peek at the planet that has been...
The Sky this Week: Jupiter
After a VERY cloudy week overall we will hopefully be seeing some slightly better stargazing conditions this week. This will make for a perfect...
State Climatologist says unusually wet weather caused by “cutoff”
Pitts Park in Clarkesville is underwater. Roads are flooded. After such a beautiful week last week, what's the reason?
State Climatologist Bill Murphy says Habersham...
The Sky this Week: Flying people
Much like last week, this week we are going to focus on a particular object.
Flying high above us are the most isolated people in...
The Sky this Week: The Milky Way
The weather this week looks absolutely perfect for stargazing. This week I wanted to slow things down and just cover one thing everyone should...
The Sky this Week: Our neighbor (part 2) and a dwarf planet
The Planets this Week: Venus is on the downhill run of it's current cycle setting earlier each night. It remains bright and now appears...
The Sky this Week: A Disney constellation and a cluster within
The Planets this Week: Venus remains bright in the evening sky quickly moving towards its half-phase as viewed through a telescope. Jupiter and Saturn...