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A Celestial Time Machine Jul. 18, 2023
Week of July 23-29, 2023 If you've ever wished you could travel back in time like Marty McFly in "B... Read More
A Galactic Treasure Trove May. 09, 2023
Week of May 14-20, 2023 Peer into a dark rural sky on a moonless night and you'll see more stars th... Read More
Berenice's Stellar Hair May. 02, 2023
Week of May 7-13, 2023 Just about every indigenous culture on Earth developed a set of constellatio... Read More
Our Dusty Solar System Apr. 04, 2023
Week of April 9-15, 2023 One of my least favorite household chores is dusting. Here in the desert,... Read More
Spotting Elusive Mercury Mar. 28, 2023
Week of April 2-8, 2023 I remember six decades ago sitting in Miss Schnitzer's fourth-grade classro... Read More
Farewell, Winter; Hello, Spring! Mar. 14, 2023
Week of March 19-25, 2023 Spring is about to... well, spring! At least in the Earth's Northern Hemi... Read More
Spotting the Celestial Unicorn Mar. 07, 2023
Week of March 12-18, 2023 Have you ever been disappointed to search for a constellation figure in t... Read More
Find the North Star Feb. 28, 2023
Week of March 5-11, 2023 One of the most common questions I hear under the night sky is: "How do I ... Read More
A Bright Planetary Trio at Dusk Feb. 14, 2023
Week of February 19-25, 2023 One of the most frequent questions I've received in recent weeks is ab... Read More
Green Comet Jan. 24, 2023
Week of January 29 — February 4, 2023 Stargazers might remember Comet NEOWISE, which helped u... Read More
Venus Meets Saturn Jan. 10, 2023
Week of January 15-21, 2023 You may have noticed a brilliant "star" shining in the southwestern sky... Read More
Seeing a Cosmic Yardstick Aug. 30, 2022
Week of September 4-10, 2022 One of the most common questions I hear regards how we determine dista... Read More
Finding the Asteroid Vesta Aug. 16, 2022
Week of August 7-13, 2022 I remember well those wonderful days of elementary school when the very m... Read More
Three Decades of Stargazing! Aug. 09, 2022
Week of August 14-20, 2022 It's hard to believe, but it will be 30 years on Aug. 19 since I publish... Read More
The Falling Stars of April Apr. 14, 2022
Week of April 17-23, 2022 I had just begun one of my popular outdoor Night Sky Tours the other nigh... 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
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
Comet ISON at Dawn … Maybe! Nov. 28, 2013
Week of Dec. 1-7, 2013 Well, it's finally here! The week we've been anticipating for many months, w... Read More
