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Eclipse-2024 Promotion
A one-page flyer linking to my Eclipse-2024 page shows the landing site, the QR Code, and the URL. You are welcome to share the...
Feb 15, 20241 min read


Eclipse Highlights Not To Miss
Prepare for the bizarre. First-time eclipse observers should anticipate several unique phenomena during a total solar eclipse, for you...
Jan 21, 20242 min read

Eclipse Blitz on January 18
The sun twinkle? Slithering bands of darkness on the ground? Planets in the daytime sky? Shadows that are sharp while others are...
Jan 15, 20242 min read


Best Ways To Project The Sun
You can project the sun safely during a solar eclipse with several simple techniques. If you have a flat surface with a small hole in...
Dec 30, 20233 min read


Solar Eclipse Activities
Solar eclipse activities were presented by members of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) at a 2023 state meeting hosted by...
Oct 31, 20237 min read


Friday at a Star Party
Even the approach to the 2022 Michiana Star Party was sublime, as a dirt road dappled in sunlight set the stage. And then you arrive at...
Jun 12, 20224 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

One Orbit Later
My poster for the 2016 Great Lakes Planetarium Association Annual Conference in Flint, MI, reflects on the past year of astronomy...
Oct 19, 20164 min read


Mini Sun Funnel Idea
A sunny day on the heels of the 2015 GLPA Conference in Grand Rapids, MI, was cause to bring out the telescope and test some Sun Funnel...
Oct 19, 20151 min read

Transit of Mercury, 9 May 2016
The countdown has begun. On May 9, 2016, start your Monday morning with a transit of Mercury, when the innermost planet is visible...
May 9, 20151 min read