91.5 KRCC's Looking Up

This week on Looking Up Hal passes along a 'speedy' season's greeting of peace and love. Well, it’s the season of peace and love, so let’s talk about a very interesting star, Wazn, in the constellation of Columba the Dove. Didn’t know there was a dove up in the sky? No worries, most folks don’t. There is also a telescope and a microscope, but those are for another episode.

This week on Looking Up Hal invites us to 'check out' a star by the name of Sheratan, conveniently located in the Colorado night sky near you. If you are ever wondering where to spend a night looking at the Colorado night sky, may I suggest stopping by the Sheratan? And by Sheratan, I mean the very cool star Sheratan, high in our night sky right now.

This week on Looking Up Hal points out two planets and a star hanging relatively close together in the early December night sky. If you take a look to the west after dark, you will likely notice the bright red planet Mars gleaming in the Colorado night sky. But on either side of Mars you can see, two other cool things, although you’ll need a telescope to see one of them.

This week on Looking Up Bruce Bookout sends us an invitation to learn more about the meaning of meteorites in the Native American community. In Native American communities, space rocks are not just astronomical curiosities; they are sacred objects. One such famous meteorite is known by the Grand Ronde tribes of Oregon as “Tomanowos” ; translated as “heavenly visitor” or “visitor from the moon”.

This week on Looking Up, Tammy Terwelp, the General Manager of 91.5 KRCC, is the guest host. She gives us an idea of just how big the universe is. We’ve been airing the weekly Looking Up show for just under 4 years now, and during that time, listeners have heard Hal talk about lots of different and amazing things in the Colorado sky. We’ve learned about planets, galaxies, comets, stars, and more. But one thing I’ve wondered about is just how much stuff is out there? In other words, how big is

This week on Looking Up Hal speaks of night sky wonders both near and far. There are lots and lots of amazing and wonderful things in the Colorado night sky. Some make you say “wow” because of how beautiful they are and others because of the wonder of what you are actually seeing. And if you are an early riser this Wednesday, November 14 th , you get to see something that is both – a pair of bright and beautiful objects very close to each other.

To the star Menkar, which, as we learn on this week's episode of Looking Up, is well on its way to becoming a planetary nebula. With the end of daylight savings time, the nights come early to southern Colorado. And while that make it tough to get a round of golf in after work, it makes it easier to look up at the many cool things in the Colorado night sky. And one of the coolest, literally, is the very interesting star Menkar.

This week on Looking Up Bruce Bookout inspires us with comet 'tales' from various cultures. Comets are very remarkable objects in the night sky. Most celestial bodies travel across the skies at regular, predictable intervals; comets' movements have always seemed very erratic and unpredictable. Ancient people in many cultures believed that the gods dictated their motions and were sending them as a message.

This week on Looking Up Hal gives us the low down on a planet that will be up all night long. Regular listeners of Looking Up will recall that I really like the planet Uranus. Uranus is cool in many ways – it’s the first planet discovered in modern times, as it is too dim for ancient folks to properly map it. It also is tipped way over on its axis, with a single year lasting 84 Earth years, Uranus has 42 years when only the northern hemisphere gets sunlight, followed by 42 years with only the

This week Hal takes a "vested" interest in space rocks of all kinds. Have you ever touched a rock that was not of this Earth? If you visited the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, you may well have stood in line to touch the moon rock they have on display in the great hall. But other than that, have you touched a moon rock? A rock from Mars? Or even an asteroid? Well, maybe.