Apr 01
What’s Up in the Sky – April, 2013 This Month, Things You Can Actually See Twice. That’s how many times I was able to spot the topic of last month’s column, Comet PANSTARRS. Even knowing just where and when to look and having the help of binoculars, I was barely able to pick it out …
Mar 05
What’s Up in the Sky – March, 2013 Comet Who? Not too much has happened since this column last appeared, besides a small asteroid not hitting any GPS satellites and a meteor not hitting a city! As Harry Carey used to say, “Holy Cow” Of course, anything I write about that now is ancient history, …
Feb 04
What’s Up in the Sky – February, 2013 A Good Month for Planets You probably don’t have many fond memories of camping out under the stars or lying on the beach enjoying the night sky in February. In fact, it is likely most readers have no such memories at all, fond or otherwise, since Michiganders …
Jan 07
What’s Up in the Sky – January, 2013 January to Offer Simple Pleasures When you get to be my age (old) seeing something for the first time can be a rare event, but I did just that in the past month. On December 13 – 14 I observed the Geminid meteor shower with my friends …
Dec 03
What’s Up in the Sky – December, 2012 December a Good Month for Planets If we are fortunate enough to have some clear skies around dawn and dusk next month we will be able to enjoy several bright planets. The most obvious and easiest to observe is Jupiter, which rises at sunset at the beginning …
