Mizar offers ancient test
The Big Dipper is still riding high in the Pennsylvania evening spring skies and unless you're in the middle of a shopping mall parking lot, you...
There are about 66 constellations available in the heavens over Pennsylvania during the course of the year. Some are bright and some are dim. Some are big and some are s...
This is the time of year when you can't get started with any serious stargazing until around 10 p.m. It's like we traded in the challenge of cold weather and frostbite f...
We've arrived at the time of year when you can comfortably lie back on the ground and gaze upon the stars. I highly recommend it even though the stars and constellations...
The great winter constellations like Orion and the rest of his gang continue their gradual retreat to the west from night to night.
By early June much of Orion and his ...
1 easy to see; 3 challenging
OK, it's time for an astronomical challenge for you and it's waiting for you in the early morning Pennsylvania sky. The initial challenge is ...
The stargazing dilemma we face around here is that the very best skies for stargazing are found either in the cold of winter or the late nights and mosquitoes of summer....
Celestial event will be April 1
The moon has places to go and celestial bodies to see this coming week, culminating with its breathtaking eclipse of Subaru on April 1. I ...
Why is it that we can't get rid of famous myths, everything from the Loch Ness monster to aliens landing in Arizona, from bad luck on Friday the 13th to only being able ...
Even if you've had just occasional contact with the world of astronomy and stargazing, you've heard or read of some of the names of the stars. There are even companies o...
