Complete Archive
September 2010
August 2010
- Three Sadly-Neglected Star Clusters in Ophiuchus
- The “Mad Bull” of the August Sky
- A Look at the Planet… Earth!
- The Northern Coalsack
- A Dying Star in the Dragon’s Den
- Why Mars Will NOT Appear As Large As The Full Moon
- Two Must-See Star Clusters in Scorpius
- The Sky This Month – August 2010
July 2010
- The Coalsack Nebula
- Looking for Dark Nebulae
- Constellation Crux – The Southern Cross
- Legends of the Southern Cross
- Summer Stargazing Without a Telescope
- Bucket List Object #8: A Total Solar Eclipse
- The Sky This Month – July 2010
June 2010
- Five Destinations for the Astro-Tourist
- The Heart of the Scorpion
- Bucket List for Stargazers #9: Sunrise on the Moon
- Easy Imaging of the Milky Way
- Jupiter Gets Dinged… Again
- A Comet at Midsummer Dawn
- The Sky This Month – June 2010
May 2010
- Bucket List Object #10: Omega Centauri
- The “Bucket List” for Backyard Stargazers
- The Constellation Leo
- The Mule Driver Who Measured the Universe
- Venus, Moon, and Two Spacecraft To Meet in the Western Sky
- Flames on the Sun
- The Sky This Month – May 2010
April 2010
- Don’t “Dew” This With Your Telescope…
- Amazing Videos of the Awakening Sun
- The “Ghost of Jupiter”
- Image-Stabilized Binoculars for Astronomy
- Messier’s “Lost” Star Cluster
- The Constellation Hydra
- Fly Me To… The Planet Saturn
- The Sky This Month – April 2010
- A Little Night Music
March 2010
- A Planet “Pretty Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry”
- How To Choose Binoculars For Astronomy
- Saturn Takes Center Stage
- Cluster Hunting with the “Big Dog”
- The Collinder List
- Binocular Basics
- How Spectroscopy Can Detect Life in the Universe
- The Sky This Month – March 2010
February 2010
- The “Vampire” Star
- Percival Lowell’s Vision
- The Case for Life on Mars
- A Short History of Life on Mars
- Video of a Trip to Mars
- The Tiny Moons of Mars
- A Window on the Sky
- The Sky This Month – February 2010
January 2010
- How To Observe Mars This Week
- Mars in a Nutshell
- Pioneer of the Southern Skies
- An Olympic Test for Your Vision
- The “Raining Stars”
- The Sky This Month – January 2010
December 2009
- Odds and Ends for 2009
- The California Nebula
- The “Southern Beehive” Cluster
- How To Take A Great Astrophoto
- How Far is a Star?
- The Sky This Month – December 2009
November 2009
- Video Series – How To Choose A Telescope (II)
- Video Series – How To Choose A Telescope (I)
- Mile Markers to the Galaxies
- 5 Ways Astronomy Can Help You Live To 100
- An Elusive Nebula in the Northern Sky
- 3 Clusters in Cassiopeia
- The Sky This Month – November 2009
October 2009
- Things That Go “Growl” in the Night
- The Moons of Jupiter
- Snapping Pictures of Jupiter
- A Meteor Shower in Orion
- Venus, Saturn, and Mercury in the Pre-Dawn Sky
- Get a Better View of Jupiter
- How To Make a Planet Into a Star
- Space Probe to Crash Into Moon (et cetera…)
September 2009
- Who Ever Said Science Was Dull?
- Do Sunspots Cause Global Warming?
- Discover the “Secrets of the Deep Sky”
- Seeing the “False Dawn”
- Sunspots, Solar Cycles, and the Little Ice Age
- All About Sunspots
- A “Standard Candle” of the Universe
August 2009
- Jupiter’s Moons To Disappear
- Mars Plays Tag With A Star Cluster
- A Double Shadow on Jupiter
- The Prettiest Globular in the Sky
- The Best Way To View The Sun
- How To Choose a Solar Filter
- The Perseid Meteor Shower
- A Mysterious Eclipse Begins in Auriga
July 2009
- The Nearest Star
- Mars WILL NOT Appear As Large As The Full Moon
- A Busy Week for Skywatchers
- Type II Supernovae: Very Big Explosions
- A Stargazing Lesson From Apollo 11
- How To Keep Mosquitoes Away
- An Astronomical Summer Romance
- What’s Up This Month – July 2009
June 2009
- Alt-Azimuth Telescope Mounts
- How Big Stars Die
- How To Read Sky Coordinates
- 5 Great Telescopes That Changed Amateur Astronomy
- The “Blue Planetary”
- What’s Up This Month – June 2009
May 2009
- White Dwarf Stars: Cinders in Space
- The Sun’s Demise
- Under The Dipper’s Handle, Part 3
- Under The Dipper’s Handle, Part 2
- Under The Dipper’s Handle, Part 1
- See A Galaxy Cluster From Your Backyard
- What’s Up This Month – May 2009
April 2009
- Special Edition: The 100th “Carnival of Space”
- Iota Cancri: Hard to Say, Easy to See
- The Cluster of “Piled Corpse Spirits”
- Measuring The Sky
- The “Southern Pleiades”
- The Jewel Box Cluster
- The “Big Eye” on Palomar Mountain
- The Best That We Could Do…
- What’s Up This Month – April 2009
March 2009
- The Astronomy Party of a Lifetime…
- A Modest But Attractive Star Cluster…
- Urban Observer’s Survival Guide, Part III
- Video of a Cosmic Close Call…
- M35, This Month’s Most Beautiful Star Cluster
- 5 Ways “Go-To” Mounts Can Make You a Better Astronomer
- What’s Up This Month – March 2009
February 2009
- Comet Lulin Update
- The “Clown” Nebula
- Beginner’s Q&A – February 2009
- 25 Random Things About… The Milky Way
- 5 Winter Wonders For Kids
- Two More Fine Multiple Stars
- What’s Up This Month – February 2009
January 2009
- A Quintuple Star in Orion
- Prime-Time Stars: The HR Diagram
- Urban Observer’s Survival Guide, Part II
- The Great Orion Nebula
- M41, A Winter Favorite
- Urban Observer’s Survival Guide, Part I
- What’s Up This Month – January 2009
December 2008
- 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Amateur Astronomers
- Star Colors Explained
- M33: The Farthest Thing You Can See
- Lunar and Planetary Filters
- Two More Ways To Sustain Your Interest In Astronomy
- 7 Ways To Sustain Your Interest In Astronomy
- What’s Up This Month – December 2008
November 2008
- The Double Cluster
- Grab-and-Go Reflectors
- 25 Tips For The Frugal Astronomer
- Caroline Herschel, Lady Astronomer
- M15 – A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars
- Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes
- The “Little Andromeda” Galaxy
- Algol, The “Demon Star”
October 2008
- Mira, The “Wonderful” Star
- Unit-Power Finders: Ready, Aim, Enjoy
- 47 Tucanae
- Globular Clusters: Ancient Stellar Relics
- Constant Change: Variable Stars
- The “Castaway Cluster”
- Finder Scopes: An Astronomer’s Best Friend
- Five (More) Superb Astronomy Books
- Five Superb Astronomy Books
September 2008
- NGC 6193: The “Four-In-One” Cluster
- Planetary Eyepieces
- Tycho Brahe
- A Star’s Life, Part 2
- Wide-Field Eyepieces
- Leviathan of Parsonstown
- Eyepiece Wisdom
- M17 – The Swan Nebula
- False Comet Cluster
August 2008
- Beginner’s Telescope Guide: What You Can Buy For $1500
- Schmidt-Cassegrain Reflectors
- A Pair of Delightful Double Stars
- Clear Seeing
- Newtonian Reflectors
- M11 – The Wild Duck Cluster
- Open Star Clusters
- Albireo: A Spectacular Double Star
- Reflecting Telescopes
July 2008
- Easy Math For Astronomers
- Learning To See
- Mapping the Milky Way
- Grab-and-Go Refractors
- Six Sights For Kids
- Seeing In The Dark
- A Star’s Life
- Star Party Etiquette
- Light-Pollution Filters
June 2008
- Vacation Astronomy
- The Veil Nebula
- The Mysterious “Hiss” From The Milky Way (Part 2)
- Beginner’s Telescope Guide: What You Can Buy For $500
- The Mysterious “Hiss” From The Milky Way (Part 1)
- M87: Monster Galaxy in Virgo
- Vacation Astronomy – Urban Stargazing
- M104 – The Sombrero Galaxy
May 2008
- E. E. Barnard
- The Dark Doodad
- The Adler Planetarium
- Naked-Eye Observing (Summer)
- Binoculars (Part 3)
- William Herschel: The First Deep-Sky Astronomer
- Binoculars (Part 2)
- M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
- Binoculars (Part 1)
April 2008
- M81 & M82: Two Galaxies for The Price of One
- Leslie Peltier: “World’s Greatest” Amateur Astronomer
- M64: The “Black-Eyed” Galaxy
- Variable Stars
- Alvan Clark: Master Telescope Maker
- Yerkes Observatory
- Apochromatic Refractors: The Ultimate Telescopes?
- Chesley Bonestell: Artist, Architect, Visionary
- Lick Observatory
March 2008
- NGC 4565: The Flying Saucer Galaxy
- Galaxy Shapes: Another Legacy of Edwin Hubble
- Refracting Telescopes: 400th Anniversary
- M44: A Hive Of Celestial Bees
- Dark Adaptation: “Looking” Your Best
- Averted Vision: Getting The Most From What Nature Gave You
- Magnitude: Understanding the Brightness of Astronomical Objects
- Getting Sirius: The Low-Down on the “Dog Star”
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