NOTE: this is a cross posted article I wrote […]
My Planning for the 2012 Messier Marathon
Planning is underway for the 2012 KAS Messier Marathon. […]
Check Out Mars As It Makes Its Close Approach
Note: I originally posted this article on www.kopernikastro.org on 2/20/2012 Coming up: […]
Gebel Kamil and Mundrabilla Meteorite Additions.
From time to time, I stumble upon Meteorite Specimen […]
My 2011 Kopernik AstroFest 2011 Experience
This year at Kopernik AstroFest 2011, the skies were […]
March 2011 – Deep Sky Target List
I have posted my March/April 2011 target list for […]
A Target for Galaxy Season – NGC 2403
Coming out of winter, my astronomy observing bug begins […]
Space Flight and the Nature of Things…
A few weeks ago I was giving a presentation […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Observing from the Armchair
Volunteering at Kopernik Observatory in public outreach activities, I […]
Let’s Go Observing at a Light House!
OK there are two things that never go well together. Serious amateur astronomical observing and light pollution. The most irritating form of light pollution is something that is cyclical and periodic, but not constant. For this very reason, the last place one would imagine to go observing would be at a lighthouse. The periodic flares of light are the worst irritant to an observer, as the eye never adjusts to any particular steady state.