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| The Heart of the Scorpion
[Article] | 06/01/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | "Two eyes are better
than one!"...
That’s been my astronomical
mantra ever since I got hooked into this hobby 41 years ago because of a
homework assign. . . |
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| A Month of Luna-See
[Article] | 07/02/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | What were you doing exactly 40 years ago this month? For those of us who were around way back in July 1969, we were anticipating the greatest technologica. . . |
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| A Clearing in the Clouds
[Article] | 08/01/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | The view through binoculars, especially 7x and 10x wide-field glasses, is simply overwhelming on a warm, dark summer's eve. There are more stars framed wit. . . |
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| The Coathanger
[Article] | 09/01/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | The three brilliant stars of the Summer Triangle -- Vega, Deneb, and Altair -- ride high in the sky this month, framing the gentle glow of our Milky Way ga. . . |
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| Bikini Bottom
[Article] | 10/05/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | April showers may bring May flowers here on Earth, but up in the sky, October is the soggiest time of year. That's because the "wet quarter" flows above o. . . |
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| The Double Cluster and Friends
[Article] | 11/02/09 | by Phil Harrington
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| | Of the dozens of open star clusters that dot the autumn sky, none is more popular among binocular stargazers than NGC 869 and NGC 884, the famous Double Cl. . . |
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