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Two Highlights at March 28 Sunrise
In the morning twilight of Monday, March 28, 2022, observers can witness two celestial highlights--a multi-planet conjunction and a...
Mar 20, 20222 min read


Heading to Lake of Death
I'm suddenly excited about the one-way trip to Lake of Death, latitude 45 degrees north, in summer 2021. Pandemic protocols may have...
Feb 16, 20213 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

Moon Landing at 50
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 in Michiana, including at Notre Dame, at Penn Harris Madison Digital Video Theater &...
Jul 7, 20191 min read

Necks Craned 50 Years Later
While we commemorate the first lunar landing fifty years ago, consider the view from Earth, too. In the United States and around the...
Jun 6, 20192 min read


Land on the Moon 50 Years Later
July 20, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin landing on the moon. Celebrate the achievement with a group...
Dec 11, 20181 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

Solar Eclipse Starfield Redux
If you want a glimpse of what the background starfield was during the 2017 total solar eclipse, look at the nearly full moon six months...
Feb 21, 20181 min read

Watch the Full Moon Not Happen
There will be no full moon in February 2018. You can watch this non-event unfold over two weeks by following the motion of the moon in...
Feb 15, 20182 min read


Think Bigger Than A Supermoon
It's time to get back to the serious practice of science. The so-called "supermoon" of Monday, November 14, may be a darling of...
Nov 9, 20163 min read