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Indiana Moon is "Heaven's Lantern"
Have you been looking skyward lately? Over the next "moonth" look for the crescent moon near the planets Venus, Saturn, and Mars in the...
Sep 5, 20163 min read


Mayor's One-Stop Shopping
Thanks go to the mayor and city departments of South Bend, IN, who gathered in a gym with the public at the "Mayor's Night Out" on March...
Mar 31, 20164 min read


New Planet Landscape
Finally. Images beamed back from some bizarre landscape. The surface of Pluto? No, New Horizons did a Pluto flyby in 2015, but it did...
Feb 21, 20161 min read


At The Eyepiece When A Star Disappears
Lunar occultations make me giddy. They're so simple, yet so visually engaging. Tonight I had a telescope set up at Fiddler's Hearth on...
Jan 20, 20163 min read


Occultation at Fiddler's Hearth-Jan. 19
Did you see the moon and Aldebaran tonight? Some people may have dismissed it as being cloudy outside--and even snowing--but there they...
Jan 19, 20161 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


Occult Skygazing at Fiddler's Hearth
Fiddler's Hearth will host a skygazing event to watch Venus get mooned Dec. 7, 2015. You can observe the moon passing in front of the...
Dec 1, 20152 min read

Venus Gets Mooned
The moon occults Venus midday on December 7 when the illuminated edge of the crescent moon glides in front of the planet. The obscured...
Nov 21, 20152 min read

Moon Occults Venus Midday Dec. 7
On Monday, December 7, 2015, you can observe a waning crescent moon occult Venus during the day. As the sliver of moon apparently moves...
Oct 24, 20152 min read