“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Astronomical Trifecta!
A full moon, a penumbral lunar eclipse, and a comet! Exciting! From Space.com: February’s full moon — the “snow moon” — will pass through the edge of the Earth’s shadow, which is called the penumbra. During this “full snow moon eclipse,” the moon will be completely shaded, making the change easier to see, although it […]
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November is perfect for stargazing
One of the best things about the shorter days is the longer nights. Is that profound or what? What I mean is we have much more opportunity for stargazing, and November promises to be a great month for it. In Texas, the short days come with (usually) cooler yet not cold nights. It’s the perfect time […]
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But of course
It has been hideously hot in Texas (and most of the country) the past few weeks. The Facebook page Traces of Texas posted this accurate photo: Well, it’s accurate, except it hasn’t been partly cloudy. Up until today, it’s been blindingly bright. But today, we have lots of cloud cover. Today is also the first […]
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Solstice solstice solstice
If you say it enough, it starts to sound like nonsense. It even looks like nonsense. I missed the summer solstice. Well, I didn’t miss it, because I was on planet earth. But since it was 10:51 Universal time or 5:51 local time, I was sleeping. As God intended. The June solstice, as I’m sure […]
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The problem with writing about your passion
is that you don’t know when to shut up. In my Communities column, I wrote about protecting the natural night sky, particularly what the very excellent organization International Dark-Sky Association is doing to combat light pollution. Being a (very) amateur skywatcher living in an urban area, this is a matter near and dear to my […]
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Losing stars
I’ve mentioned before that our family likes to stargaze. Very often we’ll set up the telescope in the front lawn and find Mars or the moons of Jupiter or some other astronomical feature. Even though we’re in the close-in suburbs of Dallas, we get a decent view of the more prominent objects. However, for the […]
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Get ready for the big show
This weekend is one of the biggest events of the amateur astronomers year as the Perseid Meteor Shower peaks. We’re waking our kids up at 4 am Monday morning so they can see it. They are so excited. I’ve posted on resources we use for our stargazing before, and this post is very informative with […]
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Astronomy tidbits
Summer nights are great for stargazing. Since I’ll be spending a few weeks with my parents in West Texas, I’ll have even more opportunity for viewing the heavens. So I thought I’d start the week off with a bit of astronomical geekery. Most people heard that an asteroid came near (in astronomical terms) the earth […]
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Lyrids meteor shower
Tomorrow morning will be the peak viewing time for the Lyrids meteor shower, named because these meteors appear in the Lyra constellation. It happens every year in late April when the earth passes through the tail of the Comet Thatcher. Because the moon is full, the Lyrids may be difficult to see, but moonset in […]
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Our hobby: Looking up
We’ve been camping with our Cub Scout Pack this week and we took along our odd assortment of telescopes and binoculars to do some stargazing while we’re away from the light pollution of the metropolitan area. We are amateur astronomers. And by that I mean, we take our telescope out once a month or so–more […]
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