April 2018 – Amateur Astronomers Association

Stephen Hawking

I can tell you with certainty that Stephen Hawking has single handedly gotten more people from my schooling days interested in astronomy than any other

M. Faissal Halim April 2, 2018

Alien Weather Report with Dr. Statia Cook

What are the things we want to know about giant planet meteorology? What are some of its broader implications? What does Dr. Statia Cook love

Stanley Fertig April 1, 2018

About Those UFOs and Other Nonsense

AAA Member Jason Kendall was recently interviewed by New York Magazine for an upcoming issue all about space. NYMag stated that the dominant content will

Jason Kendall April 1, 2018

Great Strides with Messier Marathons

As the skies above an abandoned airfield in Arizona slowly lightened from a midnight blue, the same skies that had just revealed the last few

John-Bills April 1, 2018

Moon Phase Simulation

The phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from Earth over about a month. As the Moon orbits around the Earth,

Gowrishankar Lakshminarayanan April 1, 2018

Classifying Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Every physics major either has to do a senior thesis or a senior project entering their fourth year. You may be wondering, how does an

Rafael Ferreira April 1, 2018

AAA Events on the Horizon

April dates of upcoming AAA events 03/Tuesday High Line observing sessions begins 06/Friday AAA Lecture – Jay Pasachoff, AMNH, Linder Theater 06/Friday Carl Schulz Park

Eyepiece Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2018

First Serious Star-Hop

The trip to Fahnestock was a good excuse to repair my new 12.5″ f/5 Portaball telescope. I had had a search going on eBay for

Howard Fink April 1, 2018

Photos from Salome Emergency Airfield

John offers a gallery of images taken recently when observing from Salome Emergency Airfield, Arizona.

John-Bills April 1, 2018

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