Skywatching
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: August 13-19, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Even if you missed the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, there will still be plenty of…
See the “Martian Triangle” in the Sky Tonight!
If -- like me -- you've been focusing on all the great images and news coming from the Mars Science…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 30 – August 5, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's big. It's bright. There's no escaping it. This week the Moon will be our major point…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 23-29, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a week filled with alternative astronomical observing studies? If so, you'll enjoy looking…
Spectacular Views: The Moon Occults Jupiter
Caption: July 15 2012 occultation, taken with Canon 550D on Newton 200/1200 mounted on NEQ6Pro. Credit: Andrei Juravle Astrophotographers in…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 16-22, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! My satellite dish and internet connection has now returned from the land of Oz. While it was…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 25 – July 1, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! What a great week to enjoy lunar features! We'll celebrate many famous birthdays - including Charles Messier…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 11-17, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! You can breathe now... the Venus Transit is over and we're back to the mundane astronomical…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
[/caption] Greeting, fellow SkyWatchers! It's gonna' be a great week! We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the…
Timelapse of a Moonrise as Seen from the ISS
Astronaut Don Pettit continues to 'wow' us all with his photographic exploits. In this great timelapse video, not only does…