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A Celestial Soap Opera Nov. 12, 2020
Week of Nov. 15-21, 2020 Did you ever wonder what folks did for entertainment before we had televisi... Read More
The Winter Stars are Coming! Oct. 29, 2020
Week of Nov. 1-7, 2020 Whenever I spot the constellation Taurus, the bull, rising in the east after ... Read More
Encounter with the Red Planet Oct. 01, 2020
Week of Oct. 4-10, 2020 It was Halloween eve 1938. Millions of war-jittery Americans listened as spe... Read More
The Celestial Dragon Sep. 10, 2020
Week of Sept. 13-19, 2020 While leading one of my popular Night Sky Tours recently, our discussion s... Read More
Dog Days of Summer Aug. 06, 2020
Week of Aug. 9-15, 2020 As much of the Earth's Northern Hemisphere swelters under the oppressive hea... Read More
The Sky Is Falling! Jul. 30, 2020
Week of August 2-8, 2020 Few sights are as thrilling as the fiery spectacle known as a falling star,... Read More
Saturn: Lord of the Rings Jul. 09, 2020
Week of July 12-18, 2020 If I were to ask which you think is our solar system's most beautiful plane... Read More
Celestial Second Bananas Jun. 18, 2020
Week of June 21 - 27, 2020 Back in the days of burlesque, there was a skit in which the comic was gi... Read More
Message to the Stars Jun. 04, 2020
Week of June 7-13, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the constellation Hercules and refer... Read More
The Celestial Strongman May. 21, 2020
Week of May 24-30, 2020 No matter how long I study the sky, there will always be star groupings I ju... Read More
A Cosmic Menagerie May. 07, 2020
Week of May 10-16, 2020 Nearly every indigenous culture on Earth established its own unique set of c... Read More
Measure the Sky Apr. 23, 2020
Week of April 26 - May 2, 2020 It was a beautiful sunny day in 1966, and I remember it well. There I... Read More
Realm of the Galaxies Mar. 19, 2020
Week of March 22-28, 2020 Three or four hours after sunset this week, get away from bright city ligh... Read More
Finding Leo After Dark Mar. 12, 2020
Week of March 15-21, 2020 Some of my fondest childhood memories come from school field trips to Phil... Read More
Brilliant Stars of the Winter Hexagon Feb. 27, 2020
Week of March 1-7, 2020 Spring is about to spring here in the Earth's Northern Hemisphere. First, we... Read More
Well, That's a Star of a Different Color! Jan. 30, 2020
Week of Feb. 2-8, 2020 One thing I've learned from helping stargazers lo these many years is that be... Read More
A Faded Star Jan. 23, 2020
Week of Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2020 If you've been stargazing at all recently, you may have noticed the g... Read More
Viewing the Moonlit Geminid Meteors Dec. 05, 2019
Week of Dec. 8-14, 2019 It's December, and with it comes colder temperatures throughout much of the ... Read More
Mercury's Inescapable Destiny May. 17, 2019
The ancient Chinese divination text suggests that wisdom comes through interaction and communication... Read More
A Comet Cometh Dec. 06, 2018
Week of Dec. 9-15, 2018 Not many know the name Carl Alvar Wirtanen, but in December many stargazers ... Read More
