9.1 Heavenly Highlights 2011

Friday, 24 June 2011: 8:00 AM
Ballroom A/B (Cox Convention Center)
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, MA

Skywatching events are some of the easiest and most successful "extras" you can add to a weathercast. Viewers' feedback is always positive any time they can easily find a planet, meteor shower, or bright satellite that you've told them about. This review will showcase the many celestial happenings coming up this year to the evening skies near you — and we'll take a look ahead to a pair of terrific solar eclipses (one viewable from the West Coast) in 2012.
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