Night Sky
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As we enter the upcoming holiday season, many folks will have likely requested stargazing kit of one sort or another as part of their…
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The people of ancient times viewed the night sky with a mixture of awe, wonderment, reverence, and, on occasion, with a certain amount of…
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What marvelous things our eyes are. Of all the five senses, vision is perhaps the most important, with 80% of the information we obtain…
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The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of our most productive and popular showers and it peaks this year during the evening hours of August…
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As we enter into our second summer of the pandemic, there has been an interesting side effect to have emerged from all the misery…
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If there is any other kind of celestial object that is capable of generating as much curiosity and wonder as a black hole, then…
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People have been enthralled by the beauty and mystery of a star-filled sky since, well, since there have been people. In our modern technological…
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The sight of a meteor streaking across the starry vault overhead never fails to elicit ‘ooohs’ and ‘ahhhs’ from stargazers of all…
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Asteroid. For many that word brings to mind planet killing space rocks. We all know that it was a giant asteroid that delivered the…
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For those of you who are familiar with the blog, you know that I typically focus on celestial objects and events that are accessible…
