... Skylab was the first and so far last all-American space station to orbit the Earth. ... Skylab was the first NASA project designed to explore how space flight could expand and enhance human well-being on Earth (said NASA).€а The astronauts who worked on Skylab performed experiments and observations across many fields, including Earth observation, solar astronomy, stellar astronomy, space physics, geophysics, micro-gravity biomedical and biological studies and micro-gravity technology research. ...

... In a solar prominence, charged particles stream up from the Sun, spiraling around magnetic field structures poking out of the solar surface, and ultimately fall back along those structures into the Sun. ... As evolution would predict, animals' eyes sense the colors of light emitted most strongly by the Sun. ... The tiny Moon can completely cover the disk of the Sun, blocking most of the emitted visible light, and reveal the Sun's faint outer atmosphere called the corona...a mass of incandescent gas ...

... Vendors . ... Online Registration . ... Warren Rupp Observatory . ... The Hidden Hollow weekend Star Party at Warren Rupp Observatory is back again this year . ... As in previous years, speakers, contests, workshops, door prizes and vendors (we all love new astronomy toys) will be set up in Sky Lodge, along with tables and chairs - just right for a conversation on some of the finer points of astronomy. ... This year, we are offering group rates for clubs sending 4 or more members to Hidden Hollow. ...