In the early pre-dawn morning hours of Tuesday, April 15th, most of the Western Hemisphere will witness a total lunar eclipse. Totality (when the Earth completely blocks the Sun as seen from the Moon) begins at 3:07 am EDT and…
Year: 2014
The Latest News From The Big Bang
It won’t make you richer. It won’t organize your calendar. It probably has no practical application whatsoever. But the scientific discovery announced on March 17th is one of the great discoveries of the new century, and virtually certain to result…
March/April 2014 Sky Watcher’s Guide
This will be an every-two-months guide to what you can see in the night sky, geared to mid-latitude northern hemisphere observers. The original post with more detailed guidance can be found here. What can you expect to see in March…
You Can’t See That From Here
Take a look at this beautiful time lapse video of the night sky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqOBPDWl5Gc Ah, if only we could find nice dark skies, we could see such sights ourselves, right? Well, no. Actually, you would need to travel to Australia…
Printable Star Charts
For those of you found the star charts in the previous post to be useful, you may want something you can print out without draining all the black ink or toner you have. These are the same star maps, but…
2014 Sky Watcher’s Guide
You know all those New Year resolutions that you have already broken? I fully intended to post this at least a week ago. Ah well, better late than never… This post is intended to introduce people to the habit of…
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