It s an amateur astronomer s fantasy land. If you would like to vicariously journey into the canyon via the Internet, come join seven astronomy students from Allen and Dieruff High Schools as they stalk the stars from Chaco Canyon starting this Saturday. The goal of the group is to transmit pictures and informational updates about every two days. But don t hold your breath. Chaco is at the end of a very long phone line which often suffers disruptions.
Power outages are frequent too.
It remained the largest building in the United States until 1889. Daylight Conjunction Lots of people have been looking forward to the great planetary conjunction that will be happening this week. Indeed, all five naked eye planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be within 27 degrees of each other after Tuesday. The moon is also part of the action, passing in front of the planetary lineup on Wednesday and Thursday. It is the first in a series of two such events this month.