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The Right Stuff In Coronavirus Era
Here’s my Apollo 13 boot print--the one that never stepped on the moon. Go back 50 years and imagine those five days in isolation,...
Apr 11, 20202 min read


April 2020 Trifecta: Pleiades, Venus, ISS
In the opening days of April 2020, the planet Venus glides past the Pleiades star cluster. This is a naked-eye celestial delight that...
Apr 1, 20201 min read

Watch Space Station Bisect Moon--Repeatedly
You've seen pictures of the International Space Station (ISS), but have you ever actually seen it? If you can steady on the moon with a...
Nov 25, 20192 min read

ISS Transits Moon on March 3
Most people have never seen an ISS transit before. Try this early Saturday morning, March 3, 2018. Set up a telescope in downtown...
Mar 2, 20181 min read

The Second Question After An Eclipse
To get the elephant out of the room, for US observers, the next total solar eclipse is April 8, 2024. Additionally, peruse the map of...
Aug 17, 20173 min read


Anticipating the Moon and Venus
I had been looking forward to seeing Venus astride the crescent moon. Instead, the moon occulted Venus and clouds occulted both. Here...
Dec 7, 20153 min read

Celestial Trifecta on Monday, Dec. 7
Monday, December 7, has three celestial highlights for observers in the South Bend, IN, region--a comet, an occultation, and satellite...
Dec 3, 20152 min read

Space Station Buzzes by Planets
April 6 The ISS rises in the the southwest around 8:46 p.m. EDT. It peaks in brightness (mag.= -3.4) around 8:49:20 p.m., right when...
Apr 2, 20152 min read