Oct 01
What’s Up in the Sky October, 2007 By Peter Burkey This month marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, an event of tremendous implications at the time. And this year marks the 30th anniversary of an event overlooked by many, yet vastly more important in terms of …
Sep 01
What’s Up in the Sky September, 2007 By Peter Burkey This month ushers in a new season of observing, the autumn constellations being some of my favorites. Overhead Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila contain the stars, Deneb, Vega, and Altair, which form the summer triangle, Sagittarius (also known as the Teapot) dominates the south, and the …
Aug 15
N E W S L E T T E R ! Here is the August/September installment of the Shoreline Observer newsletter. Reminder. National Astronomy Day is Saturday September 15th. -Jim Reier, Editor
Aug 01
What’s Up in the Sky August, 2007 By Peter Burkey This month offers some great observing opportunities, including a meteor shower and a lunar eclipse. To see the lunar eclipse you will have to get up very early on the morning of August 28. You probably won’t notice any darkening of the Moon’s surface until …
Jul 01
What’s Up in the Sky July, 2007 By Peter Burkey According to Prof. Gareth Wynn-Williams of the University of Hawaii, the history of astronomy can be viewed as having four ages, the first being Naked Eye which went from zero to Galileo. From 1600 to 1880 was the age of the Simple Telescope, the kind …
