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Ohio State Oval in Spring
By Sophie Olsen

Happy April everyone! We’re starting off the month with a 7:15 am sunrise and a 7:56 pm sunset, making for a total of 12 hours, 40 minutes, and 27 seconds of daylight. We’ll be ending…

Ohio State Oval in Spring
By Sophie Olsen

Happy March everyone. We’re finally coming up on the start of spring! We’re starting off the month with sunrise at 7:05 am and sunset at 6:23 pm for a total of 11 hours and 19 minutes of…

Telescopes and Snow
By Sophie Olsen

What is up in the sky this month?

Happy February everyone! I hope we all made it through the winter storm alright. We’re starting off the month with sunrise at 7:40am and sunset at 5…

Size of a Supermoon vs a Micro moon
By Sophie Olsen

Happy November everyone! We’re starting off the month with the sun rising at 8:01am, and setting at 6:29pm. We’ll finish off the month with sunrise at 7:33am and sunset at 5:07pm, on…

Zodiacal Light and Venus
By Sophie Olsen

Happy October! I hope everyone’s been having a good start to the autumn semester. We’ll be starting the month off with sunrise at 7:28am and sunset at 7:13pm. We will continue to lose…

Ocean Cemetery in the Planetarium

First-year MFA students Yeoleum Choi and Valeska Tan’s immersive full-dome film Ocean Cemetery was selected for screening at the 2025 Fulldome Festival Brno, held June 10–12, 2025 in the…

Image from Sunset on Mount Lemmon, Arizona

Constellations and Astronomical Events-- July 2025!

Happy July everyone-- I hope we all made it through the heat of June. We’re kicking off the month with sunrise at 6:07am and sunset at 9:04pm…

Aurora Borealis over Alaska

Constellations and Astronomical Events Visible in June 2025!

Star Map

Constellations and Astronomical Events Visible in May 2025!

Skyline of Columbus at sunset

Constellations and Astronomical Events Visible in April 2025!

Happy April! It looks like the start of…

Saturn will be one of the highlights of the evening

Constellations and Astronomical Events Visible in March 2025!

Happy March! We’re starting…

Pleiades star cluster

Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in February 2025!

Happy February! Now that it’s starting to warm up and we’re no longer getting blasted with…

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn December 2020

Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in January 2025

Happy January and happy New Year! I hope everyone is finding ways to stay warm with the blast of cold…

stock photo of a cold moon

Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in December 2024

Happy December! 2024 is rolling to a close as the days get shorter and shorter. We start the month with…

Diagram of Mercury's Greatest Eastern Elongation

Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in November 2024

Happy November and happy end of daylight savings! November 3rd is the end of daylight savings time,…

Comet A3 by Daniel Korona

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS vaults into the evening sky on or about Oct. 11th. Map dates show the comet's position from latitude 40° north during the evening hours for U.S. time zones.

Aurora Borealis over Alaska

A severe geomagnetic storm is possible on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 10 and Oct. 11).

Full Moon picture taken by wikipedia user gnuckx

Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in October 2024

Happy October and happy Fall! With the days getting shorter and shorter the month will see sunrise and…