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100 Hours of Astronomy Begins on April 2
Have you heard the word? In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, there's a worldwide event happening that will…
SkyWatcher’s Forecast – Messier Marathon Special Edition Continues…
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready to round up the last of the Messier objects as our less frenzied look…
Meteor Shower Alert on March 22! Camelopardalids and March Geminids Arrive…
On Sunday, March 22, two meteor showers will grace the dark evening sky - the Camelopardalids and March Geminids. Would…
ISS Now 2nd Brightest Object in Night Sky with Final Solar Arrays Deployed
[/caption] The International Space Station should now be the second brightest object in the night sky, following Friday's successful deploy…
SkyWatcher’s Forecast: March 20-26, 2009 – A Messier Marathon Special Edition!
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! That's right... It's that time again. Equinox and upcoming New Moon means that many of us are…
The Basketball Player In The Moon – Catch It Tonight!
[/caption] You've heard about the Man In the Moon and the Lady in the Moon... If you're into lunar observing…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – March 6-8, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Ah, yes... the Moon is back in force and that will make for a rather quiet astronomy…
A Supernova Story
[/caption] SN 2009ab as seen by the AlbaNova Telescope in Stockholm, Sweden. Credit: Magnus Persson, Robert Cumming and Genoveva Micheva/Stockholm…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: February 27 – March 1, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for the weekend? Then let's tackle both fun and serious studies as we take…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – February 13-15, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! With the Moon gone from the early evening skies and the weather beginning to warm for northern…