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Greetings, stargazers. January is the month that the Earth moves the fastest around the sun. Or looked at from our perspective, the sun moves faster through the sky in January. Every day the sun...
DATE: Jan. 15, 2021 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, stargazers. Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard there will be a “Great Conjunction” between Jupiter and Saturn on Dec. 21. Jupiter and Saturn are already...
DATE: Dec. 21, 2020 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, Stargazers. My May column is often a time I get to list upcoming summer star parties, but for another month, these will have to wait. I really do hope that we can get together soon, but...
DATE: May 8, 2020 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, Stargazers. I need to make myself a set of cheat cards for my favorite objects in the sky so I can answer questions in more detail at the next star party. I have to admit that I rely on...
DATE: Oct. 12, 2019 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, Stargazers. Last month, I began a discussion of how stars are classified by their brightness and color, or more technically, by their luminosity and spectroscopic classification. I...
DATE: May 11, 2019 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, Stargazers. I have to say that comet 46P/Wirtanen last month exceeded my expectations. By that, I simply mean I could see it with my naked eye, even if it was just barely. Every month,...
DATE: Jan. 12, 2019 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, Stargazers. NASA’s Mars InSight lander is designed to study the interior of Mars. InSight stands for interior exploration using seismic investigations, geodesy and heat transport. It...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2018 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, stargazers. The late afternoon monsoon clouds finally parted and made for a few good observing evenings recently. Unfortunately for me, a couple of those nights were interrupted by...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2015 | COLUMN: Others Say
Greetings, stargazers. I hope you enjoyed the recent planetary conjunction in the western sky. From our perspective, Venus and Jupiter are now slowly separating from each other after their...
DATE: July 9, 2015 | COLUMN: Others Say
As talk of U.S. military action against Syria escalates, let’s remember our history lessons. Recall that a decade ago, Congress and the American people were sold a story that Iraq possessed weapons...
DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | COLUMN: Others Say
There is little doubt now that President Obama is planning some kind of military response to what the administration says without equivocation was a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government...
DATE: Aug. 29, 2013 | COLUMN: Others Say
Political posturing about who or what is delaying action on a much-needed farm bill came into sharper focus when the Republican speaker of the U.S. House refused to appoint members to a conference...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2013 | COLUMN: Others Say