Below is a short list of exciting happenings, that you can follow throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Week 7,8 and 9<\/strong>: See Saturn, Jupiter, the moon and the star cluster Pleiades. Saturn can be seen after sunset, while the others are visible all evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Februar<\/strong>y: Full moon. 20th March:<\/strong> Spring equinox. The day and night are equal! We are half way between dark winter and light summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22nd-23rd April<\/strong>: See the Lyrid meteor shower. Can see up to 20 meteors per hour, visible after sunset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 31st May<\/strong>: Blue moon! The second full moon this month. This only happens once every 2-3 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 21st June<\/strong>: Summer solstice. Longest day of the year, and the sun is at it’s highest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12th August<\/strong>: Solar eclipse in the evening. The moon will cover 80% of the sun, but the whole sun will be covered in Iceland and Spain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 12th-13th August:<\/strong> The Perseid meteor shower, can view up to 60 meteors an hour! The new moon increases viewing possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28th August<\/strong>: Partial lunar eclipse that is visible from Sandnes, weather permitting of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23rd September<\/strong>: Autumnal equinox. The highlight of autumn viewing. Day and night are equal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25rd September:<\/strong> View Neptune through a telescope, to see it at it’s brightest. Not visible to the naked eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 24th November: <\/strong>Super moon! Both a full moon and the closest it is to Earth in it’s orbit. It will appear both larger and lighter than normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13th December:<\/strong> Geminids meteor shower, can view up to 120 meteors per hour! Though the light from the moon is minimal this evening, making viewing difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 21st December<\/strong>: Winter solstice. The longest night of the year. The days are at their shortest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below is a short list of exciting happenings, that you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":6628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-vitenfabrikken-en","featured-image-size-large"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
17th Februar<\/strong>y: New moon and many possibilities to see stars.
19th Februar<\/strong>y: Mercury is farthest away from the Sun, and is the easiest planet to find. During the new moon there are good chances to see it in the west after sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n