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In Search of Messier's Goldmine Jul. 06, 2017
Week of July 9-15, 2017 Back in the late 18th and early 19th centuries — long before anyone ha... Read More
Check out This Week's Mini-Moon! Jun. 01, 2017
Week of June 4-10, 2017 At least once a year we hear about the supermoon, when the full moon appear... Read More
Mooning Around With Jupiter Apr. 20, 2017
Week of April 23-29, 2017 It was little over four centuries ago that the great Italian astronomer G... Read More
Time Travel Among the Stars Apr. 06, 2017
Week of April 9-15, 2017 It's been said that most of what we know about the universe comes to us in... Read More
The Return of Jupiter Mar. 30, 2017
Week of April 2-8, 2017 What a great way to begin springtime. Jupiter is back in our night sky, and... Read More
Finding the Horse and Rider Mar. 16, 2017
Week of March 19-25, 2017 We terrestrial stargazers have it easy. We orbit a single star, and we lo... Read More
Finding the Celestial Lion Mar. 02, 2017
Week of March 5-11, 2017 I've spent more than three fun decades working in some of the great planet... Read More
Spotting the Celestial Unicorn Feb. 16, 2017
Week of February 19-25, 2017 Among the stars of the night sky lie constellations that derive from r... Read More
Well, That's a Star of a Different Color! Jan. 05, 2017
Week of Jan. 8-14, 2017 I've been gazing skyward for more than five decades, and in that time I've ... Read More
Spotting the Seven Sisters Dec. 01, 2016
Week of December 4-10, 2016 One of the wonderful features of the nighttime sky is its timelessness.... Read More
Buying Your First Telescope Nov. 24, 2016
Week of November 27-December 3, 2016 Well, it's that time of year again. The holidays are barreling... Read More
A Celestial Halloween Oct. 27, 2016
Week of October 30-November 5, 2016 Ghosts and goblins and ghouls, oh, my! That's what many of us w... Read More
Finding Uranus after Dark Oct. 06, 2016
Week of October 9-15, 2016 If there's one thing I've learned during my decades of living on this pla... Read More
Seeing a Double Planet -- and More! Aug. 18, 2016
Week of August 21-27, 2016 Have you noticed those three bright stars appearing low in the western sk... Read More
Paths of the Moon and Sun This Summer Jun. 16, 2016
Week of June 19-25, 2016 As the sun disappears from view behind the western horizon on the evenings ... Read More
Spotting Elusive Mercury Apr. 07, 2016
Week of April 10-16, 2016 I remember many years ago sitting in Ms. Schnitzer's fourth-grade classro... Read More
Queen Berenice's Hair Mar. 31, 2016
Week of April 3-9, 2016 Just about every indigenous culture on Earth established a unique set of co... Read More
Seeing Our Dusty Solar System Feb. 25, 2016
Week of Feb. 28 — March 5, 2016 Stargazers who spend time in dark, rural locations are fortun... Read More
Seeing the 'Unseeable' Feb. 18, 2016
Week of Feb. 21-27, 2016 On a recent trip to Africa, I was struck by the remarkable ability of safar... Read More
Seeking Southern Hemisphere Constellations Feb. 04, 2016
Week of Feb. 7-13, 2016 The Earth is round. Now, while most of my readers will find this no great re... Read More
