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Where's the Big Dipper? Jan. 02, 2024
Week of Jan. 7-13, 2024 One question I'm asked frequently during my January night sky tours is, "Wh... Read More
Reasons for the Seasons Dec. 26, 2023
Week of Dec. 31, 2023 — Jan. 6, 2024 In 1989, filmmaker Matthew H. Schneps released a 20-minu... Read More
2024: A Year of Cosmic Wonder Dec. 19, 2023
Week of Dec. 24-30, 2023 The year begins with brilliant Jupiter dominating the heavens. It will rem... Read More
Follow the Moon Dec. 12, 2023
Week of Dec.17-23, 2023 The moon returns to our evening sky again this week, and you can have some ... Read More
Was Chicken Little Right? Dec. 05, 2023
Week of Dec. 10-16, 2023 View the sky this week and you may think that Chicken Little's declaration... Read More
The 'Demon Star' After Dark Nov. 14, 2023
Week of Nov. 19-25, 2023 We call it the Demon Star because it winks ominously at us from the sky ea... Read More
Seeking Messier's Goldmine Sep. 05, 2023
Week of Sept. 10-16, 2023 Back in the late 18th and early 19th centuries — long before anyone... Read More
Find the Celestial Dolphin Aug. 29, 2023
Week of Sept. 3-9, 2023 One of the tiniest constellations in all the heavens now appears high in th... Read More
Big Moon A-Risin' Aug. 22, 2023
Week of Aug. 27 — Sept. 2, 2023 Make sure you're out at sunset on Wednesday, Aug. 30, to watc... Read More
Saturn's Changing Rings Aug. 15, 2023
Week of Aug. 20-26, 2023 Just about everyone's favorite planet is back in our evening sky once agai... Read More
Chicken Little Right: The August Sky Is Falling! Aug. 01, 2023
Week of Aug. 6-12, 2023 Few sights are as thrilling as the fiery spectacle known as a falling star,... Read More
Measuring the Cosmos Jul. 04, 2023
Week of July 9-15, 2023 My regular readers have surely become accustomed to seeing some pretty big ... Read More
Mira, the Wonderful Jun. 06, 2023
Week of June 11-17, 2023 Early morning sky watchers may notice a new star in their sky. OK, it's no... Read More
The Changing Phases of Venus May. 30, 2023
Week of June 4-10, 2023 Ask your friends and neighbors, and most will probably tell you that it was... Read More
Southern Constellations Mar. 21, 2023
Week of March 26 — April 1, 2023 We in the Earth's Northern Hemisphere have a wonderfully bri... Read More
Warrior Moon Squares Pluto Jan. 09, 2022
When the world opens wide to us, it doesn't mean we should have a little of everything. This week, t... Read More
Conjunction Junction Jan. 02, 2022
In the famous "Schoolhouse Rock!" song of the '70s, the question was posed: "Conjunction junction, w... Read More
Mercury Change Jan. 01, 2022
Mercury celebrates the new year with a different outfit, slipping into his Aquarian garb. It's slick... Read More
The Cosmic Christmas Carol Dec. 25, 2021
In the Charles Dickens story "A Christmas Carol," the apparition of Marley, burdened by chains of gr... Read More
Saturn's Wild Card Christmas Eve Dec. 24, 2021
There's a wild card thrown into the cosmic deck this Christmas Eve with Saturn's angle to Uranus. Vi... Read More
