What’s Up in the Sky February, 2009 By Peter Burkey Four hundred years ago Galileo first pointed his telescope toward the sky revealing sights never before seen by humans and launching the scientific revolution. To celebrate this landmark event in history, 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) by the United Nations …
Category Archive: What’s Up In The Sky
Peter Burkey's monthly news articles from the Holland Sentinel
Dec 01
December 2008
What’s Up in the Sky December, 2008 By Peter Burkey “What kind of telescope should I buy?” is a question I hear often at this time of year. With the Holidays coming up and the economy in need of a boost, what better time than now to make such an investment? Whether you are pondering …
Nov 01
November 2008
What’s Up in the Sky November, 2008 By Peter Burkey When you think of the night sky, I mean the clear, dark sky that you saw when traveling out west or visiting the Upper Peninsula, you probably remember being amazed by the number of stars. Millions of stars, shining like diamonds against a black velvet …
Oct 01
October 2008
What’s Up in the Sky October, 2008 By Peter Burkey My Night Sky class was recently able to see an image of M16, the Eagle nebula, using the 12-inch telescope of the Harry F. Frissel Observatory at Hope College. This nebula was made famous in the “Pillars of Creation” picture taken by the Hubble Space …
Aug 01
August 2008
What’s Up in the Sky August, 2008 By Peter Burkey Much fascinating lore surrounds the Milky Way, the faint, cloudy-white band of light that stretches from the southern to northern horizon, passing nearly overhead this time of year. In fact, the term “galaxy” is from the Greek gala or galactos which simply means “milk”. In …
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Hemlock Crossing Public Observatory
