photo credit: www.swpc.noaa.gov Next month’s solar eclipse is this year’s big news in amateur astronomy. This month we continue preparations for the eclipse with a discussion of available equipment that ...
Photo Credit: www.JoeDubs.com The currency in the realm of the heavenly “clockwork” are its cycles. From the small scale to the large, cycles are everywhere. The moon revolves around Earth; ...
Image Courtesy American Museum of Natural History Last month, the new Trump administration submitted a new blueprint for NASA’s budget calling for a net overall increase. Although on a program-by-program ...
Jason Campanella has been a member of WASI for close to seven years. He is also a Boy Scout in Troop 321. He is working with the Bear Branch Nature ...
This month there is an eclipse of the moon that you might not notice without prior knowledge that it’s happening. It’s not a total lunar eclipse; it’s not even a ...
January’s cold but starry nights are upon us. Did you get a new telescope for Christmas or want to rediscover an optical telescope sitting in some corner? We’ll talk about ...