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The Brilliant Stars of the Winter Hexagon Mar. 09, 2017
Week of March 12-18, 2017 Spring is about to spring here in the Earth's Northern Hemisphere. First ... 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
Return of the Dippers Feb. 23, 2017
Week of February 26-March 4, 2017 It's amazing how stargazing often takes me back to my childhood, ... 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
Crescent Venus at Dusk Feb. 09, 2017
Week of February 12-18, 2017 It was during the early years of the 17th century that the Italian ast... Read More
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Feb. 02, 2017
Week of February 5-11, 2017 If you're looking for a celestial challenge this week, you're in luck. ... Read More
Mira, the Wonderful Jan. 26, 2017
Week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2017 There will soon be an extra star in our nighttime sky. It's hard to be... Read More
A Binocular Treat Jan. 19, 2017
Week of January 22-28, 2017 If you're like me, you've been marveling at the brilliant star now appe... Read More
A Stunning Celestial Sparkler Jan. 12, 2017
Week of January 15-21, 2017 Every year around this time, I can expect my email inbox to overflow an... 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
How Bright Are the Stars? Dec. 22, 2016
Week of December 25-31, 2016 Talk to any astronomer and you're likely to hear the word "magnitude."... Read More
A Change of Seasons Dec. 15, 2016
Week of December 18-24, 2016 Nights are growing longer. Snow is blanketing much of the land. And fu... Read More
Viewing the Moonlit Geminid Meteors Dec. 08, 2016
Week of December 11-17, 2016 It's December, and with it comes colder temperatures throughout much o... Read More
As the World Turns Nov. 17, 2016
Week of November 20-26, 2016 We've all had those days when nothing seems to move. No matter where w... Read More
Here Comes the Super Moon! Nov. 10, 2016
Week of Nov. 13-19, 2016 Imagine that you stopped at your favorite Italian restaurant and ordered a... Read More
Count the Stars Nov. 03, 2016
Week of November 6-12, 2016 How many stars are there in the universe? No one knows, of course, but D... Read More
A Truly All-Star Baseball Game Oct. 20, 2016
Week of October 23-29, 2016 I remember being a kid and sitting in the front room of my house next to... Read More
See the Dwarf Planet Ceres Oct. 13, 2016
Week of October 16-22, 2016 It was on the first day of the 19th century that the Italian priest, mat... 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
Venus and the Moon Return Sep. 29, 2016
Week of October 2-8, 2016 If you haven't yet checked out Venus glistening low in the southwestern sk... Read More
