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People throughout Douglas County watch partial eclipse

WINCHESTER — People from Roseburg and surrounding areas came to the Paul Morgan Observatory at Umpqua Community College on Monday morning to view the partial solar eclipse.

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Longest night of the year in December

Mercury joins the parade of gas giant planets. Look low to the southwest, a few minutes after sunset, to spot a bright star. That’s Mercury.

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November boasts three meteor showers

Gas giant planets rule the evening sky. Saturn and Neptune start the planetary show about an hour after sunset. Look to the south-southeast to spot a modestly bright star. That’s

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Solar eclipse and meteor shower in October

Modestly bright Saturn leads a parade of four gas giants. The ringed world is followed about one and a half hours by dim Neptune.

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