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Learn to Identify What's Visible in Tonight's Sky

Learn to identify what's visible in tonight's sky through the lens of stories from cultures around the world. 

Milky Way Rising at the bottom of the canyon
Dr amy sayle

Dr. Amy Sayle

Astronomer in Residence, 2026

Amy Sayle, PhD, is a science communicator, writer, and award-winning storyteller. As a longtime educator at Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she communicates astronomy to the public under the planetarium sky, at skywatching events, and on night paddles. During her residency, she plans to revise her young-adult novel Swallow the Sun, which is set at Grand Canyon National Park, and offer public programs focused on dark skies and on cultural astronomy.