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The Herdsman and the Crown Apr. 01, 2021
Week of April 4-10, 2021 I always know that springtime has arrived by the stars I see during the ear... Read More
The Celestial Water Snake Mar. 25, 2021
Week of March 28 - April 3, 2021 Springtime in the Southern California deserts is when the snakes be... Read More
Seeking the Zodiacal Light Mar. 04, 2021
Week of March 7-13, 2021 Stargazers who spend time in rural locations get to experience celestial si... Read More
Sneak Peek at the Summer Sky Feb. 25, 2021
Week of Feb. 28 - March 6, 2021 If you're like I am, you long for summertime, not only for its warm ... Read More
Seeing the Sun at Night (Well, Sort Of) Feb. 11, 2021
Week of Feb. 14-20, 2021 Stars are not all alike. If they were, we could determine their relative di... Read More
Hare-y Tales of the Winter Sky Feb. 04, 2021
Week of Feb. 7-13, 2021 If you haven't been out to enjoy a dark night sky this winter, you'll be hap... Read More
How Far South Can You See? Jan. 21, 2021
Week of Jan. 24-30, 2021 This week I spotted the star Canopus for the first time since last winter, ... Read More
Our Cosmic Ancestors Jan. 14, 2021
Week of Jan. 17-23, 2021 We are made of star stuff. How often, over the years, have we encountered ... Read More
Mooning Around on Winter Nights Dec. 24, 2020
Week of Dec. 27, 2020 - Jan. 2, 2021 The final full moon of 2020 arrives on Tuesday, Dec. 29, when i... Read More
When Celestial Giants Meet Dec. 10, 2020
Week of Dec. 13-19, 2020 If you've got a small backyard telescope, this is the time to set it up, be... Read More
Which Astronomy Books Are Best? Dec. 03, 2020
Week of Dec. 6-12, 2020 One of the most common questions I hear around the holiday gift-giving seaso... Read More
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Nov. 19, 2020
Week of Nov. 22-28, 2020 During the predawn hours of Nov. 30, night owls and insomniacs in North Ame... Read More
The Winter Stars are Coming! Oct. 29, 2020
Week of Nov. 1-7, 2020 Whenever I spot the constellation Taurus, the bull, rising in the east after ... Read More
Finding Neptune After Dark Sep. 03, 2020
Week of Sept. 6-12, 2020 Scientists are in the business of classifying everything from butterflies t... Read More
Messier's Celestial Goldmine Aug. 13, 2020
Week of August 16-22, 2020 At this time of year, early-evening stargazers can tour one of the riches... Read More
The Solstice and the Analemma Jun. 11, 2020
Week of June 14-20, 2020 Look on any globe or map, and you're bound to find a mysterious figure-eigh... Read More
Sun Throws Shade on Mars Jun. 06, 2020
It's pretty tricky for a bright star to throw shade, but the arrangement of the sun to Mars enacts t... Read More
Strawberry Moon Jun. 05, 2020
The moon is big as a berry in the juicy-sweet skies of Sagittarius. This is the realm of adventure a... Read More
Venn Diagram of the Sun and Venus Jun. 04, 2020
This overlapping of the sun and Venus are like a Venn diagram clarifying where are the overlapping i... Read More
Libra Moon Weighs Ways Jun. 01, 2020
The sages say that the path is the way. But if this were always the case, why were off-road vehicles... Read More
