I want to talk more about Saturn, my favorite planet besides the one I'm living on. It's a great celestial gem to ponder through any size telescope.
As I told you last ...
I've had a love affair with the planet Saturn ever since I saw it through my first telescope almost 40 years ago. Even though the image was tiny, I could clearly see the...
All winter long we've been dazzled by the bright luminaries that make up the cast of what I call "Orion and his gang."
When you gaze upward into the late winter or early...
Happy New Year!
No, I haven't completely lost my mind. I've just turned the clock back about 255 years.
New Year's Day coincided with the first day of spring in England ...
It's the best of all worlds, looking out of our world this month.
March stargazing is fantastic because you still have Orion and all of the great constellations of wint...
Whenever you gaze upon the stars and constellations, it's easy to forget you're seeing a three-dimensional picture. The constellations seem to be set against a black can...
No, I haven't lost my mind again.
The summer nighttime sky is available to you right now in the heavens over Western Pennsylvania.
You can see all your favorite summer c...
OK, this is it as far as I'm concerned: The best stargazing of the year in Western Pennsylvania.
Oh sure, it's still cold, but the evening viewing is just fantastic in B...
You've got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our Pennsylvania skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the ultra bright planet Venus.
Venus is...
I know that many of you received new telescopes under the Christmas tree, and I hope you're having a lot of fun with them.
If this is your first telescope, let me give y...
