In 2017, Columbia University’s Dr. Jana Grcevich, then Outreach Coordinator for Columbia’s Astronomy & Astrophysics Department invited me to examine the venerable but aging copper
CORRECTION: this article was previously titled ‘Happy Trails: Stamford 20” Telescope Makes Temporary Move To New Mexico’. This was incorrect, as the telescope is 22″
Alrakis (alternately Arrakis), Mu Draconis (μ Draconis, abbreviated Mu Dra, μ Dra) – 21 Draco – Hipparchus 83608. Observing in NYC can be a challenge
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The historic Stamford Museum & Nature Center, a multi-use environmental education, art and science campus in the outskirts of Stamford, CT has requested that the City
Luckily, it was not too cold on Tuesday, January 19th, when Uranus and Mars were ~1° 40’ apart. At 6:30 p.m., I bundled up and
My father used to say, “Rich or poor, it’s good to have money, son.” It is the same for nonprofits, too. Finding sources of funding
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, AAA VP Bart Fried supplied a bit of School Outreach at Q425 – John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens.
I was the first to arrive to set up at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn just before 7:00 a.m. for the Transit of Mercury. A
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