Astro Bob – Astronomy for Everyone

‘Astro Bob’ King chats with WTIP every month about his observations and upcoming celestial events.  In this edition, Bob talks about the Aurora Borealis that wasn’t, wildfire smoke in the air, astronomical twilight, the upcoming Perseid meteor shower and more.

“Astro Bob” King talks about Comet ZTF E3 and conjunction between Venus and Saturn on January 22 and Mars and the Moon on January 30 in this edition of our monthly feature with “Astro Bob”.

“Astro Bob” King debuts his monthly feature on WTIP’s North Shore Morning by describing a somewhat rare celestial event that is occurring this month…the planets are lining up sequentially (from closest to the sun to farthest) and five of them are visible in the pre-dawn hours from June 23rd through the first week in July.

From east to west and lowest to highest, they are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

WTIP’s CJ Heithoff learns more in this interview.