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Shannon Silverman, an astrophysicist at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above the Mountain State.
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Our Host
The Clay Center’s Planetarium and Science Educator, Shannon Silverman, studies high-energy astrophysics, with a particular focus on neutron stars.
She graduated from the University of North Dakota and the University of North Florida.
Shannon Silverman is host of WVPB’s Almost Heavens video series.
Episodes
West Virginia is about halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. That means, the state is in the perfect spot to view everything the northern skies has to offer and even a little of the southern skies.
Browse our videos below to find out what’s going on in the night sky above West Virginia.
Episode 1: Orion
Episode 2: Planets
Episode 3: Winter Triangle
Episode 4: Deep Sky
Episode 5: Bright Sky
Episode 6: Summer Constellations
Screenshots from Almost Heavens
A lineup of the planets in our solar system. Starting from the sun and Mercury all the way to Neptune.
Venus, Saturn and the Sun as seen from Earth during the winter.
The Winter Triangle and the constellations that make it up.
