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The Changing Phases of Venus May. 30, 2023
Week of June 4-10, 2023 Ask your friends and neighbors, and most will probably tell you that it was... Read More
Mars Visits the Beehive May. 23, 2023
Week of May 28 — June 3, 2023 At the beginning of June, the planet Mars will make a beautiful... Read More
Finding the Stellar Dolphin Aug. 19, 2021
Week of August 22-28, 2021 Whenever I'm out under a dark summertime sky sharing the stars with the p... Read More
Planetary Dance at Dusk Nov. 21, 2019
Week of Nov. 24-30, 2019 You may have noticed two bright "stars" shining in the southwestern sky at ... Read More
Counting Stars Jul. 25, 2019
Week of July 28-Aug. 3, 2019 Whenever I'm out presenting a sky tour on a clear dark night, I often a... Read More
Man on the Moon Jul. 11, 2019
Week of July 14-20, 2019 It occurred 50 years ago this week. Nearly everyone alive at the time remem... Read More
Does the Moon Rotate or Doesn't It? Apr. 11, 2019
Week of April 14-20, 2019 Another month has passed, and another full moon shines in our sky this wee... Read More
Watching Earth-Orbiting Satellites Apr. 04, 2019
Week of April 7-13, 2019 One of my favorite springtime activities is to watch satellites pass across... Read More
Seeing in The Dark Mar. 28, 2019
Week of March 31-April 6, 2019 Anyone who has ever spent time under a dark night sky knows how chall... Read More
Our Dusty Solar System Mar. 21, 2019
Week of March 24-30, 2019 One of my least favorite household chores is dusting. Here in the desert,... Read More
Teapot and the Milky Way Jul. 26, 2018
Week of July 29-Aug. 4, 2018 Nothing in the heavens says summertime to Northern Hemisphere sky watch... Read More
Mercury and Venus at Dusk Mar. 08, 2018
Week of March 11-17, 2018 If you have a low horizon to your west, you may have already spotted a cou... Read More
How Far South Can You See? Feb. 01, 2018
Week of Feb. 4-10, 2018 Believe it or not, there remain quite a few people who still believe we live... Read More
The First Meteor Shower of 2017 Dec. 29, 2016
Week of Jan. 1, 2017 If you missed the Geminid meteor shower of mid-December (and most of us did be... Read More
Exploring the Celestial Scorpion Jun. 23, 2016
Week of June 26-July 2, 2016 Late in the evenings during June we can easily see one of the great cel... Read More
Spotting the Zodiacal Light Mar. 06, 2014
Week of March 9-15, 2014 Stargazers who spend time in rural locations get to see remarkable celestia... Read More
