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Misconceptions
History of Astronomy
Time/Seasons/Holidays
Eclipses/Occultations/Transits
Earth/Moon
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Comets
Meteors/Meteorites
Sun/Stars/Clusters
Milky Way/Galaxies/Universe
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Highlights...
175
Astronomical Highlights for 2000 (1-2-00)
227
Highlights for 2001 (12-31-00)
279
What's In Store for 2002? (12-30-01)
331
Heaven's Best for 2003 (12-29-02)
384
2004: In A Nutshell (1-4-04) photo included
437
Planets On Tap for 2005 (1-2-05)
490
Astronomical Events for 2006 (1-8-06) drawing included
541
Astronomical Treats for 2007 (12-31-06) drawing included
646
Events for January 2009 (1-4-09) map included
698
Good Observing for 2010! (1-3-10)
Miscellaneous...
163
The Blob (10-10-99)
191
The Back of Beyond (4-23-00) photo included
193
Astronomy on the Go (5-7-00)
199
Starlight, not Streetlight (6-18-00)
207
www.chacoastronomy.com (8-13-00) photo included
219
Astronomy at the Met (11-5-00) photo included
221
Strange Lights (11-19-00)
260
Thunder in the Canyon (8-19-01)
267
City Lights, Starlight (10-7-01) photo included
271
Light Pollution Initiative (11-4-01) photo included
283
A Sentient Universe (1-27-02)
304
Astronomy Along I-40 (6-23-02)
311
Watch Those Facts! (8-11-02)
314
Starlight Not Streetlight (9-1-02)
315
Sirius: An American K9 Hero (9-8-02) photo included
318
Planet Walk (9-29-02)
336
A Very Bad Day (2-2-03)
337
Less Than a Heartbeat (2-9-03)
344
Kirchhoff's Laws (3-30-03) photo included
346
Spin Doctor (4-13-03)
351
Farmers' Almanac, Stand Down (5-18-03)
352
What's Your Sign? (5-25-03)
353
Astrology: Read but do not Believe (6-1-03)
354
Spock, Where is the Logic? (6-8-03)
370
Astronomy is... (9-28-03) photos included
382
Santa's North Star Navigational System (12-21-03) photo included
386
Music of the Spheres (1-18-04)
389
Spinoffs from Space Exploration (2-8-04)
398
The Planet Quiz Show (4-11-04)
399
StarWatch Observing Dates (4-18-04)
403
It Truly is a Miracle--Part 1 (5-16-04)
404
It Truly is a Miracle--Part 2 (5-23-04)
410
Christmas in July (7-4-04) photo included
423b
Science Fest 2004 to Shine (10-9-04)
453
Misquoted (4-24-05)
478
Go Postal! (10-16-05) photo included
479
Recovering Dyslectic! (10-23-05) drawing included
494
"Doc" (2-5-06) drawing included
500
Celebration (3-19-06)
501
Disappearing Act at Lehigh Elementary (3-26-06)
535
The True Spirit of Giving (11-19-06)
539
Vomit Comet (12-17-06) two sets of photos included
555
Front Yard Safari (4-8-07) photo included
557
"Contact" (4-22-07) photo included
581
Heroes (10-7-07) two photos included
588
Imagine the Infinite (11-25-07) two photos included
605
Robert Brown (3-23-08) photo included
612
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (5-11-08)
620
One More Book (7-6-08) unrelated photo included
628
God and the Space Junky (8-31-08) photo included
633
Comfort Food for the Soul (10-5-08)
634
We Aren't in Kansas Anymore (10-12-08) many photos included
639
Giving Thanks to the Universe (11-16-08) photo included
641
Busted (11-30-08) three photos included
644
With Every Breath That I Take (12-21-08)
650
Quantum Entanglement (2-1-09) photo included
655
The Heavens Belong to Everyone (3-8-09) two photos included
667
One with the Universe (5-31-09)
675
Invasion of the Noctilucent Clouds (7-26-09) two photos included
690
Love That Meridian (11-8-09) one photo included
710
Star Partying Near Ghost Mountain (3-28-10) one photo included
725
Moon, Planets, Stars Reveal Ecliptic (7-11-10)
730
"Gate To Nowhere" Going Somewhere (8-15-10) one photo included
Seasons...
003
Rising/Setting Positions of Sun Changing (9-16-96)
016
Winter Solstice (12-16-96)
044
Reasons for the Seasons (6-29-97)
070
The Downside of the Sun (12-28-97)
094
Summer Solstice (6-14-98)
198
The Analemma (6-11-00) photo included
212
Where is My Sunshine Going? (9-17-00)
244
Astronomical Refraction (4-29-01) photo included
251
It's Summertime (6-17-01)
303
Witnessing Summer (6-16-02)
316
Welcome to Autumn (9-15-02)
342
Happy Springtime! (3-16-03)
434
Low Sun (12-12-04)
439
Winter's Heat (1-16-05) photos included
447
Inequality on the Equinox (3-13-05) photos included
486
Turning the Corner Towards Spring (12-11-05)
496
Spring: It's Just Around the Corner (2-19-06) photo included
498
Temperature Extremes (3-5-06)
513
It's Summertime (6-18-06)
536
Earliest Sunset Nearly Upon Us (11-26-06)
552a
Celestial Potpourri (3-18-07)
552b
Celestial Potpourri (3-20-07) two photos included
563
More to the Solstices Than You Think (6-3-07)
564
Solstice Party: Part One (6-10-07) one map included
565
Solstice Party: Part Two (6-17-07) one map included
591
Plunge to Winter (12-16-07)
603
The Great Leap into Spring (3-9-08)
604
Spring Finally Spring (3-16-08)
631
Autumn Gloom (9-21-08)
643
Io Saturnalia! (12-14-08)
656
Spring: A Commotion of Emotion (3-15-09) one photo included
668
Ringing in the Summer (6-7-09)
696
Solstice Happiness (12-20-09)
708
Jumping Juniper: It's Spring (3-14-10)
718
Colder Winters Ahead? (5-23-10)
721
Endless Summer (6-13-10) three photos included
Holidays...
069
Happy Saturnalia (12-21-97)
113
Halloween Magic (10-26-98)
127
Star of Wonder (1-31-99)
172
Star of Bethlehem: Part 1 (12-12-99)
173
Star of Bethlehem: Part 2 (12-19-99)
277
Yule Lights (12-16-01)
322
All Hallows Eve (10-27-02)
328
Venus: Star of Bethlehem Look-Alike (12-8-02) photo included
330
Christmas on Mars (12-22-02) photos included
435
Listen to the Music (12-19-04)
441
Here is to Gray on Groundhog Day! (1-30-05) photos included
488
She Was the Sun; I Was the Moon (12-25-05) photo included
592a
Stellar Celebration (12-23-07)
592b
Stellar Celebration (12-25-07)
Lunar...
004
Total Lunar Eclipses (9-23-96)
029
Partial Lunar Eclipse and Hale-Bopp (3-16-97) map included
030a
Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight (3-23-97)
176
Bright Lunar Eclipse Predicted (1-9-00) diagram included
177
Scope the Lunar Eclipse (1-16-00) map included
200
Long Lunar Eclipse (6-25-00)
278
Saturn Occultation and Lunar Eclipse End Year (12-23-01)
349
Total Lunar Eclipse on Tap (5-4-03) map included
350a
View the Lunar Eclipse at Dieruff (5-11-03)
350b
Clouds Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse (5-16-03) photo included
372
Hawk Mountain Eclipse (10-12-03) photo about Dieruff StarWatch
373a
See the Lunar Eclipse at Hawk Mountain (10-19-03) diagram included
373b
Total Lunar Eclipses Not So Common (10-22-03)
374a
Dress Warmly for the Hawk Mountain Eclipse (10-26-03) photos and maps included
374b
Predicting a Colorful Eclipse (10-29-03)
375a
Hawk Mountain Lunar Eclipse Update (11-2-03) photos and maps included
375b
Curtain Time for A Great Lunar Eclipse (11-5-03)
375c
Hawk Mountain Lunar Eclipse Day (11-8-03)
377b
Smiling Moon (11-22-03) photo included
424
Valley to be Eclipsed, October 27 (10-10-04) graphics included
425
Observing the October 27 Lunar Eclipse-1 (10-17-04) photo included
426a
Observing the October 27 Lunar Eclipse-2 (10-24-04)
426b
Final Call for Tonight's Total Lunar Eclipse (10-26-04)
428a
Great Eclipse Despite the Clouds (10-31-04) photos included
428b
Bright Eclipse (11-1-04)
548
Umbra to Court Moon (2-18-07) diagram included
549
See Lunar Eclipse at Quakertown Airport (2-25-07) three photos included
573
Inspirational Dawn Eclipse (8-12-07)
574
Running with the Shadows of the Night (8-19-07) one photo included
576
Red Dawn in the West (9-2-07) four photos included
598
Prime Time Lunar Eclipse Set for February 20 (2-3-08) one photo included
599
Total Lunar Eclipse Will Be A Treat (2-10-08) one diagram included
600a
Wednesday Eclipse Set for Quakertown (2-17-08) four photos included
600b
Beautiful Red Eclipse (2-24-08) 10 photos included
Occultations...
063a
Near Occultation of the Moon and Saturn (11/9-11/97)
067b
Moon Occults Aldebaran (12/9-12/97)
079a
Occultation of Aldebaran (3/1-4/98)
142
Moon to Occult Regulus (5-16-99)
262
Moon Hides Saturn (9-2-01) map included
274
Blue Moon Hides Saturn (11-25-01) map included
278
Saturn Occultation and Lunar Eclipse End Year (12-23-01)
286a
Spectacular Saturn Occultation (2/17-20/02) map included
286b
Bad, Bad Weather (2/21-22/02)
431
Moon to Occult Jupiter (11-21-04) photos and map included
457a
Antares Occultation (5-22-05)
489b
Moon to Occult Pleiades (1-2-06) map included
501
Disappearing Act at Lehigh Elementary (3-26-06) map included
Transits...
166
Mercury Transits Sun (10-31-99)
347
Mercury To Transit Sun (4-20-03) map included
348
Mercury Transit Invitation (4-27-03)
405
View the Venus Transit at Cabela's (5-30-04) diagrams included
406a
Venus Positioned for Transit (6-6-04) photos included
406b
The Black Dot on the Red Sun (6-9-04) photos included
406c
The Astronomical Unit and Venus (6-10-04)
527
Mercury to Transit the Sun in November (9-24-06) map included
533a
Mercury Transits the Sun Midweek (11-5-06) map included
Moon...
006
Earthshine (10-7-96)
012
Gibbous Moon (11-18-96)
021
Lunar Highlands and Basins (1-19-97)
039
Quarter Moon (5-25-97)
040
Moon Near Sun (6-1-97)
042
Low Moon, High Sun (6-15-97)
046
See Where Eagle Landed (7-13-97)
047
Moon, Stars, Planets Court (7-20-97)
051
Day of the Full Moon (8-17-97)
055
Harvest Moon (9-14-97)
067a
Moon in Conjunction With Saturn (12/7-8/97)
101
Moon Illusion (8-2-98)
109
Moon Phases (9-27-98)
110
Somersaulting Moon (10-4-98)
111
Waning Moon (10-11-98)
126
Blue Moons Abound (1-24-99)
134
Lore of the Blue Moon (3-21-99)
135
Moon Madness (3-28-99)
139
Blue Moon Enigma Solved (4-25-99)
148
Moon Months: Synodic vs. Sidereal (6-27-99)
160
Moon Names (9-19-99)
185
Frog Sisters (3-12-00) drawing included
190
Full Moons of Spring (4-16-00) drawing included
210
When the Moon Does Not Rise or Set (9-3-00)
248
Moon Bright (5-27-01) photo included
253
Lunar Fireworks Frozen in Time (7-1-01) photo included
306
Moon on the Run: Part 1 (7-7-02) map included
307
Moon on the Run: Part 2 (7-14-02) map included
308
Moon on the Run: Part 3 (7-21-02) map included
309
Moon on the Run: Part 4 (7-28-02) map included
313
Moon's Path Similar to Sun's Path (8-25-02)
316
Welcome to Autumn (9-15-02)
340
Water on the Moon (3-2-03)
345
Moon Bright (4-6-03)
380
Merrily Watching the Moon-Go-Round (12-7-03)
408
Rock Star (6-20-04)
411
Goodbye, Mr. Gorsky (7-11-04)
413
Blue, Blue Moon (7-25-04)
454
Young and Old Moons (5-1-05)
455
Traveling Moon: Part 1 (5-8-05) photo included
456
Traveling Moon: Part 2 (5-15-05)
459
Walking in Moonlight (6-5-05) photos included
465
Surf's Up (7-17-05)
503
Does the Moon Rotate? (4-9-06) drawing included
545
A Wild and Untamed Landscape (1-28-07) two photos included
551
Young Moons (3-11-07)
554
The Moon's Many Motions (4-1-07) three diagrams included
570
Gardening on the Moon (7-22-07) one photo included
658
Perigee-Apogee Moons (3-29-09)
670
Ready Your Telescope for Apollo 11 (6-21-09) three photos included
671
Apollo 11: To the Moon (6-28-09) two photos included
672
Apollo 11: Landing on the Moon (7-5-09) two photos included
673
Apollo 11: Preparing to Walk (7-12-09) four unrelated photos included
674
One Small Step (7-19-09) three photos included
685
By the Light of the Harvest Moon (10-4-09)
701
Traveling Moon (1-24-10)
705
Lunar Phases are Misunderstood (2-21-10) drawing included
706
Misunderstood Lunar Phases (2-28-10)
709
Smiley Moon (3-21-10)
715
It's a Whole New Day for Our Moon (5-2-10)
717
Moon Moves Among Planets This Week (5-16-10) two photos included
Meteorites/Asteroids...
149
Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites (7-4-99)
258
PA Fireball was Big (8-5-01)
290a
View Vesta (3-17-02) map included
457b
Catch a Falling Star (5-24-05) map included
523
Don't Buy a Star, Catch a Fallen One (8-27-06) photo included
546
Meteor Crater (2-4-07) three photos included
684
Nay to Millbillillie—Yea to Allende (9-27-09)
704
Asteroid, Planets, and Moon on Parade (2-14-10) map included
Stars...
020
Betelgeuse (1-12-97)
103
Cygnus X-1 (8-16-98)
104
Double, Double (8-23-98)
155
Brightness vs. Distance: Part 1 (8-15-99) map included
156
Brightness vs. Distance: Part 2 (8-22-99)
186
Bright Stars of Late Winter (3-19-00) maps included
284
Rigel, the Luminous (2-3-02) photo included
285
Betelgeuse (2-10-02) photo included
287
Are You Sirius? (2-24-02) map included
344
Kirchhoff's Laws (3-30-03) photo included
368b
Lonely Fomalhaut (9-15-03) photo included above article
391b
Star Birth in Orion (2-27-04) photos included
443
Sirius: Brightest Star of the Night (2-13-05) map included
578
Two Eyes (9-16-07) photo included
682
Fomalhaut: Not so Lonely Anymore (9-13-09) one photo and one cartoon included
686
Measuring Brightness in Astronomy (10-11-09)
Clusters...
146
The Beehive (6-13-99)
254
Great Cluster in Hercules (7-8-01) map included
341
The Beehive (3-9-03)
477
Perseus' Double Cluster (10-9-05) map included
531
The Milk Dipper (10-22-06) photo included
547
Orion's Sword (2-11-07) map and photo included
553
Distance Makes a Difference (3-25-07)
567
Scorpius Dominates the South (7-1-07) one map and one photo included
568
Here Comes Sagittarius (7-8-07)
569
Nebular Patches and Star Splotches (7-15-07) two photos included
618
M13: Best Globular North of the Equator (6-22-08) map included
201
Summer: Looking North (7-2-00) map included
202
Summer: Looking East (7-9-00) map included
203
Summer: Looking South (7-16-00) map included
204
Summer: Looking West (7-23-00) map included
205
Summer: Looking Overhead (7-30-00) map included
515
The Sky in July: Looking North (7-2-06) map included
516
The Sky in July: Looking East (7-9-06) map included
517
The Sky in July: Looking South (7-16-06) map included
518
The Sky in July: Looking West (7-23-06) map included
519
The Sky in July: Looking OVerhead (7-30-06) map included
214
Fall: Looking North (10-1-00) map included
215
Fall: Looking East (10-8-00) map included
216
Fall: Looking South (10-16-00) map included
217
Fall: Looking West (10-22-00) map included
218
Fall: Looking Overhead (10-29-00) map included
228
Winter: Looking North (1-7-01) map included
229
Winter: Looking East (1-14-01) map included
230
Winter: Looking South (1-21-01) map included
231
Winter: Looking West (1-28-01) map included