Category: Feature

Calculating the Distance

On January 13, 2025 we were treated with a rare occurrence of an occultation of Mars by the Moon.  An occultation occurs when an object,

Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!

The reviews are in: Beetlejuice, the movie and sequel – meh.  Betelgeuse the star – spectacular!  With the coming of the winter months, we will

Trillions and Trillions

At the instant that you read this, billions of neutrinos are passing through your body. They are not electromagnetic waves. They are real particles: just

Old Scope Meets New Mirror

In 2020, my interest in mirror-making was revitalized through classes offered by the Springfield Telescope Makers, hosting the annual Stellafane convention in Vermont. Since then,

I Must Go Down to the Seas Again…

When the poet, John Masefield, wrote this in 1902, the world had no idea that the seas in question might not be on earth. We

Actio Nova – August 2024

Cosmic Optometry In 1917 Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity I states that a mass, the size of our sun, measurably warps space and

StarNews — June 2024

Avoidance Behavior On any clear summer night, we can look up and see a beautiful array of stars scattered across the sky. The heavens seem dense

Astral Insights May 2024

A Cepheid Variable and a Supernova 1A walk into a bar… The cosmos, as we now know, is quite lively and far from static.  Down