Before there was the Great American Eclipse of 2017, there was really nothing much to speak of as far as seeing a solar eclipse from
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
I took some quick and easy shots on a cold and gusty Long Island winter night at the Custer Institute last month. Custer is Long
Alan Shepard’s triumphant return to outer space on Apollo 14 after ten years since his historic flight in the Mercury program was remarkable. Despite having
It’s that time of year again, babes. Throw on your warm clothes and shove some HotHands down your pants— we’re observing Orion! Winter is my
Well, it seems that the coronavirus and its bureaucracy have won. My trip to Argentina to photograph the upcoming total solar eclipse on December 14th
Earlier this Fall, a science teacher at the prestigious Dalton School in New York City reached out to Chairman John Bills from the AAA board
We are quickly approaching the “Great Conjunction” on December 21, 2020, which means Jupiter and Saturn will be about one-tenth of a degree apart. The
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
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