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Earth at Aphelion Jun. 27, 2019
Week of June 30-July 6, 2019 While you're enjoying the pool and soaking up some rays this summer, tr... Read More
Catching the Elusive Planet Mercury Jun. 20, 2019
Week of June 23-29, 2019 Mercury is one of those planets we rarely see. Unlike Venus, which can domi... Read More
Spring Turns to Summer Jun. 13, 2019
Week of June 16-22, 2019 A change of seasons is coming in just a few days. Officially, the summer s... Read More
By Jove, Jupiter Is Back! Jun. 06, 2019
Week of June 9-15, 2019 I've missed Jupiter. That may seem like a corny thing to say, but when one e... Read More
My Longtime Celestial Friend May. 30, 2019
Week of June 2-8, 2019 Summer is on its way to Earth's Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes a chan... Read More
See the Dwarf Planet Ceres May. 23, 2019
Week of May 26-June 1, 2019 It was on the first day of the 19th century that the Italian priest, mat... Read More
Make Friends with Vega May. 16, 2019
Week of May 19-25, 2019 Over my 40-year-plus career, I've read a lot of astronomy books. You may be ... Read More
Our Changing Big Dipper May. 09, 2019
Week of May 12-18, 2019 Like you, I've lived and worked on this planet for many years and, in that t... Read More
La Superba After Dark May. 02, 2019
Week of May 5-11, 2019 Beginning stargazers are often disappointed because they cannot see the glori... Read More
Queen Berenice's Hair Apr. 18, 2019
Week of April 21-27, 2019 Modern astronomers recognize 88 constellations in the heavens. These cover... Read More
The Great Celestial Hunter Jan. 17, 2019
Week of Jan. 20-26, 2019 One of my favorite constellations in all the heavens has made its grand ret... Read More
Star Names Nov. 08, 2018
Week of Nov. 11-17, 2018 With the holiday season barreling toward us like an out-of-control sleigh, ... Read More
Seeing Double in Perseus Oct. 04, 2018
Week of Oct. 7-13, 2018 We astronomers call them "faint fuzzies," and if you have a good dark sky aw... Read More
A String of Planetary Pearls Aug. 23, 2018
Week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2018 Stargazers who have been out during early evenings over the past month... Read More
Reading a Star Map May. 31, 2018
Week of June 3-9, 2018 I still recall how challenging it was to find my way around the sky for the f... Read More
A Celestial Menagerie May. 11, 2017
Week of May 14-20, 2017 Look back into history and you'll find that just about every indigenous cul... Read More
Big Dipper Through the Millennia May. 26, 2016
Week of May 29-June 4, 2016 Years of living and working have taught me many lessons. But one lesson ... Read More
Celestial Grouping in Scorpius Apr. 14, 2016
Week of April 17-23, 2016 What a wonderful assortment of celestial bodies we'll be able to see this... 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
Which Astronomy Books Are Best? Dec. 10, 2015
Week of Dec. 13-19, 2015 One of the most frequent questions I hear around this holiday gift-giving ... Read More
