Virginia Right!

It was May 9, 1970:  A young boy is trying very hard to get the Sun in his telescope through deep but not entirely cloudy skies.  He’s safe, don’t worry – in fact safety was a big reason for the frustration of the day.  But it was to no avail – young soon to be [...]

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As we await the Ames returns, take a few moments (especially if you are in a dark sky area away from city lights and if so, let me know about it sometime!) to observe the Perseids. The Perseid meteor shower comes around every August 12th or so (night of 8/12 and am of 8/13) bringing [...]

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MSNBC is reporting something I had been telling people for some time:  The zodiac is wrong.  People think the sun is in Aries from March 21 to April 20 but it is not!  It is actually about a month earlier.  Why astronomer Sanders?  (I do have a six inch Newtonian and I have done public [...]

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