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Optical Effects 
Misconceptions
History of Astronomy/Archaeoastronomy 
Time/Seasons/Holidays 
Eclipses/Occultations/Transits
Earth/Moon
Solar System 
Comets 
Meteors/Meteorites 
Auroras 
Sun/Stars/Clusters 
Milky Way/Galaxies/Universe
Constellations 
Sky Maps 
Binoculars/Telescopes 
Astronomical Imaging 
Satellites/Space 
Travel
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Highlights...
0175    
 Astronomical Highlights for 2000 (1-2-00)
0227    
 Highlights for 2001 (12-31-00)
0279    
 What's In Store for 2002? (12-30-01)
0331    
 Heaven's Best for 2003 (12-29-02)
0384    
 2004: In A Nutshell (1-4-04)   photo included
0437    
 Planets On Tap for 2005 (1-2-05)
0490    
 Astronomical Events for 2006 (1-8-06)   drawing included
0541    
 Astronomical Treats for 2007 (12-31-06)   drawing included
0646    
 Events for January 2009 (1-4-09)   map included
0698    
 Good Observing for 2010! (1-3-10)
0803    
 2012:  A Big Year Ahead (1-8-12)
0855    
 Surprises Could Make 2013 Interesting (1-6-13)   photo included
0908    
 Early Bird Events Mark 2014 (1-12-14)
0958    
 2015:  A Good Year for Astronomy (12-28-14)
1271    
 2021:  Solar System on Parade (12-27-20)
1324    
 The View in 2022 (1-2-22)
1376    
 2023:  A Great Year For Observing (1-2-22)
Miscellaneous...
0163    
 The Blob (10-10-99)
0191    
 The Back of Beyond (4-23-00)   photo included
0193    
 Astronomy on the Go (5-7-00)
0199    
 Starlight, not Streetlight (6-18-00)
0207    
 www.chacoastronomy.com (8-13-00)   photo included
0219    
 Astronomy at the Met (11-5-00)   photo included
0221    
 Strange Lights (11-19-00)
0260    
 Thunder in the Canyon (8-19-01)
0267    
 City Lights, Starlight (10-7-01)   photo included
0271    
 Light Pollution Initiative (11-4-01)   photo included
0283    
 A Sentient Universe (1-27-02) 
0304    
 Astronomy Along I-40 (6-23-02) 
0311    
 Watch Those Facts! (8-11-02) 
0314    
 Starlight Not Streetlight (9-1-02)
0315    
 Sirius:  An American K9 Hero (9-8-02)   photo included
0318    
 Planet Walk (9-29-02)
0336    
 A Very Bad Day (2-2-03)
0337    
 Less Than a Heartbeat (2-9-03)
0344    
 Kirchhoff's Laws (3-30-03)   photo included
0346    
 Spin Doctor (4-13-03)
0351    
 Farmers' Almanac, Stand Down (5-18-03)
0352    
 What's Your Sign? (5-25-03)
0353    
 Astrology:  Read but do not Believe (6-1-03)
0354    
 Spock, Where is the Logic? (6-8-03)
0370    
 Astronomy is... (9-28-03)   photos included
0382    
 Santa's North Star Navigational System (12-21-03)   photo included
0386    
 Music of the Spheres (1-18-04)
0389    
 Spinoffs from Space Exploration (2-8-04)
0398    
 The Planet Quiz Show (4-11-04)
0399    
 StarWatch Observing Dates (4-18-04)
0403    
 It Truly is a Miracle--Part 1 (5-16-04)
0404    
 It Truly is a Miracle--Part 2 (5-23-04)
0410    
 Christmas in July (7-4-04)   photo included
0423b             
 Science Fest 2004 to Shine (10-9-04)
0453    
 Misquoted (4-24-05)
0478    
 Go Postal! (10-16-05)   photo included
0479    
 Recovering Dyslectic! (10-23-05)   drawing included
0494    
 "Doc" (2-5-06)   drawing included
0500    
 Celebration (3-19-06)
0501    
 Disappearing Act at Lehigh Elementary (3-26-06)
0535    
 The True Spirit of Giving (11-19-06)
0539    
 Vomit Comet (12-17-06)   two sets of photos included
0555    
 Front Yard Safari (4-8-07)   photo included
0557    
 "Contact" (4-22-07)   photo included
0581    
 Heroes (10-7-07)   two photos included
0588    
 Imagine the Infinite  (11-25-07)   two photos included
0605    
 Robert Brown  (3-23-08)   photo included
0612    
 Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (5-11-08)
0620    
 One More Book (7-6-08)   unrelated photo included
0628    
 God and the Space Junky  (8-31-08)   photo included
0633    
 Comfort Food for the Soul (10-5-08)
0634    
 We Aren't in Kansas Anymore (10-12-08)   many photos included
0639    
 Giving Thanks to the Universe (11-16-08)   photo included
0641    
 Busted (11-30-08)   three photos included
0644    
 With Every Breath That I Take (12-21-08)
0650    
 Quantum Entanglement (2-1-09)   photo included
0655    
 The Heavens Belong to Everyone (3-8-09)   two photos included
0667    
 One with the Universe (5-31-09)
0675    
 Invasion of the Noctilucent Clouds (7-26-09)   two photos included
0690    
 Love That Meridian (11-8-09)   one photo included
0710    
 Star Partying Near Ghost Mountain (3-28-10)   one photo included
0725    
 Moon, Planets, Stars Reveal Ecliptic (7-11-10)
0730    
 "Gate To Nowhere" Going Somewhere (8-15-10)   one photo included
0745    
 Brian Marsden:  Astronomer Go-To (11-28-10)   one photo included
0754    
 I Knew Someone Who Knew... (1-30-11)   one photo included
0755    
 Anaxagoras (2-6-11)
0757    
 Vega and the Prince (2-20-11)   one photo included
0768    
 One Shift Two Shift Redshift Blueshift (5-8-11)   photo included
0771    
 Gravity Trains:  Jules Verne's Version of Amtrak (5-29-11)   illustration included
0779    
 Magnets, Trains, and the Universe (7-24-11)
0786    
 Remembering Sirius (9-11-11)
0794    
 White Halloween (11-6-11)   three photos included
0815    
 Journey of an Iceberg (4-1-12)   photo included
0861    
 Thank You, Mrs. Hurd (2-17-13)   photo included
0893    
 Opa (9-29-13)
0934    
 Spoiler Alert:  Watney Smelled Like a Skunk (7-13-14)
0939    
 Life of Flight Sputters (8-17-14)   two photos included
0945    
 An Amazing Ride (9-28-14)   photo included
0952    
 Interstellar is Outstanding (11-16-14)
0965    
 Riding Light (2-15-15)
0975    
 Boots on Mars (4-26-15)
0980    
 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (5-31-15)   photo included
0997    
 The Martian:  "Home Alone" (9-27-15)   two photos included
1000    
 StarWatch 1000 (10-18-15)
1001    
 No Deal Breakers for The Martian (10-25-15)
1014    
 Challenger Plus 30 (1-24-16)
1028    
 Pete:  You Old Space Dog (5-1-16)   photo included
1032    
 Saturn Run (5-29-16)   photo included
1033    
 Living in the Matrix (6-5-16)   
1047    
 Wedding Crasher (9-11-16)   many photos included
1050    
 Dying:  A Different Perspective (10-2-16)   many photos included
1056    
 Jim Had to Climb  (11-13-16)   photo included
1057    
 Arrival  (11-20-16)   three photos included
1062a             
 Godspeed, John Glenn  (12-25-16a)
1064    
 So You Want to Go to Space?  (1-8-17)
1071    
 Eclipse Dreaming (2-26-17)
1073    
 BloomSky for Everyone (3-12-17)   five photos included
1083    
 Dark Matter (5-21-17)   photos included
1084    
 Thermochromic Stamp to Commemorate Eclipse (5-28-17)   photo included
1091    
 Ripples in Time (7-16-17)
1092    
 Bat in a Hat (7-23-17)   photo included
1093    
 It Rained Last Night (7-30-17)   photo included
1109    
 Robotic Observatory Becoming a Reality (11-19-17)   five photos included
1117    
 Proxima:  A Wild Ride into the Future (1-14-18)
1121    
 Science and Art:  Girl with a Pearl Earring (2-11-18)   photo included
1133    
 Gaby (5-6-18)   photo included
1149    
 It's Just Another Day on Mars (5-6-18)
1151    
 Record Misery for Late Summer (9-9-18)
1158    
 Moravian's BloomSky Looking Sweet (10-28-18)
1160    
 First Man:  No Thrust (11-11-18)
1166    
 Merry Christmas, Ole Saint "Mick" (12-23-18)
1167    
 Lee Butz:  Star Salesman (12-30-18)   photo included
1173    
 What's Your Sign? (2-10-19)
1186    
 The Thunder Tube (5-12-19)   photo included
1187    
 In Astronomy Lab 106 (5-19-19)   six photos included
1189    
 End of "The Big Bang Theory" (6-2-19)
1192    
 NCL Outbreak (6-23-19)   two photos included
1193    
 BloomSky Weather Monitors Observatories (6-30-19)   two photos included
1201    
 Serendipity (8-25-19)   four photos included
1202    
 Godspeed, Learning Dome (9-1-19)   three photos included
1204    
 Down-Up-Sangre (9-15-19)   photo included
1206    
 Ad Astra:  Atypical of Space Adventures (9-29-19)   photo included
1218    
 Under the Same Canopy (12-22-19)
1234    
 Ad Astra:  Look to the Stars (4-12-20)
1235    
 Snapple Bottle Caps:  True or False? (4-19-20)   photo included
1252    
 Science: Observe, Deduct, Adjust (8-16-20)
1264    
 Grateful Thanks to Shooting Star's Bill and Johnny  (11-8-20)   many photos included
1274    
 Snapple Caps:  True or False  (1-17-21)   photo included
1275    
 Rescued by Rosa  (1-24-21)   many photos included
1279    
 Ironic, This Concept of Diversity  (2-21-21)
1281    
 Moravian's Sky Deck Refurbished  (3-7-21)   many photos included
1286    
 The Winter Journey  (4-11-21)   four photos included
1290    
 Extraterrestrial:  Avi Loeb  (5-9-21)   photo included
1300    
 Madhouse at the End of the Earth (7-18-21)   three photos included
1304    
 Unvarnished John Glenn (8-15-21)   two photos included
1305    
 Prayer in Cairo (8-22-21)   two photos included
1306    
 StarWatch at 25 (8-29-21)
1310    
 CHAPEA:  It's Not a Dominican Bean Stew (9-26-21)   two photos included
1326    
 The River of Doubt (1-16-22)   three photos included
1327    
 All Jammed Up in Low Earth Orbit (1-23-22)
1330    
 Cosmos:  Making Love Out of Nothing at All (2-13-22)   photo included
1331    
 Super Volcanoes (2-20-22)   photo included
1348    
 The Chambliss Award (6-19-22)   photo included
1349    
 Moravian's Robotic Observatory Working Again (6-26-22)   three photo included
1351    
 The Rat (7-10-22)
1356    
 Thumbs Up! (8-14-22)
1358    
 50 Years in Education:  Lessons Learned  (8-28-22)
1359    
 "IDIC:  Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations" (9-4-22)
1370    
 Grateful Thanks to Adam and Mike (11-20-22)
1378    
 New Term, New Opportunities (1-15-23)   photo included
1380    
 Cosmic Perspective Alive and Well at Moravian  (1-29-23)
1388    
 "Wild Commas" (3-26-23)   two photos included
1403    
 An Epiphany of Sorts (7-9-23)
1408    
 Where the Hell is Hanksville (8-13-23)   four photos included
1410    
 Student Reflections on "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" (8-27-23)
1415    
 Thank You, George (10-1-23)   two photos included
1423    
 Grateful Thanks:  Update on the Observatory (11-26-23)   eight photos included
1468    
 The Most Remarkable Fynn (10-6-24)   three photos included
1487    
 The Scientific Method:  It's a Little Like Dating  (2-16-25)
1499    
 AI:  You Still Need A Brain  (5-11-25)
1500    
 StarWatch 1500:  A Little History  (5-18-25)
1509    
 In the Shadow of Mr. Eclipse  (7-20-25)   two photos included
1514    
 A Message to My Students from the Ghost of AJ Minnich  (8-24-25)
1515    
 Carlson's First Uranian Birthday  (8-31-25)
1525    
 "What If I Say the Wrong Thing?"  (11-9-25)
Seasons...
0003    
 Rising/Setting Positions of Sun Changing (9-16-96)
0016    
 Winter Solstice (12-16-96)
0044    
 Reasons for the Seasons (6-29-97)
0070    
 The Downside of the Sun (12-28-97)
0094    
 Summer Solstice (6-14-98)
0212    
 Where is My Sunshine Going? (9-17-00)
0244    
 Astronomical Refraction (4-29-01)   photo included
0251    
 It's Summertime (6-17-01)
0303    
 Witnessing Summer (6-16-02)
0316    
 Welcome to Autumn (9-15-02)
0342    
 Happy Springtime! (3-16-03)
0434    
 Low Sun (12-12-04)
0439    
 Winter's Heat (1-16-05)   photos included
0447    
 Inequality on the Equinox (3-13-05)   photos included
0486    
 Turning the Corner Towards Spring (12-11-05)
0496    
 Spring:  It's Just Around the Corner (2-19-06)   photo included
0498    
 Temperature Extremes (3-5-06)
0513    
 It's Summertime (6-18-06)
0536    
 Earliest Sunset Nearly Upon Us (11-26-06)
0552a             
 Celestial Potpourri (3-18-07)
0552b             
 Celestial Potpourri (3-20-07)   two photos included
0563    
 More to the Solstices Than You Think (6-3-07)
0564    
 Solstice Party: Part One (6-10-07)   one map included
0565    
 Solstice Party: Part Two (6-17-07)   one map included
0591    
 Plunge to Winter (12-16-07)
0603    
 The Great Leap into Spring (3-9-08)
0604    
 Spring Finally Spring (3-16-08)
0631    
 Autumn Gloom (9-21-08)
0643    
 Io Saturnalia! (12-14-08)
0656    
 Spring:  A Commotion of Emotion (3-15-09)   one photo included
0668    
 Ringing in the Summer (6-7-09)
0696    
 Solstice Happiness (12-20-09)
0708    
 Jumping Juniper:  It's Spring (3-14-10)
0718    
 Colder Winters Ahead? (5-23-10)
0721    
 Endless Summer (6-13-10)   three photos included
0733    
 Seasonal Lag Makes Summer a Drag (9-5-10)
0792    
 Seasons Lag Behind Sun (10-23-11)   photo included
0800    
 Low Sun, High Hopes (12-18-11)
0802    
 Fastest, Closest in January (1-1-12)
0812    
 Chachapoyas or Bust (3-11-12)   four photos included
0828    
 Hot Summer, Distant Sun (7-1-12)   photo included
0839    
 Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall (9-16-12)   photo included
0845    
 From Snow to Blow (11-4-12)   three photos included
0852    
 Low Sun, High Spirits (12-16-12)
0869    
 More Than Meets the Eye (4-14-13)
0880    
 Cause of the Seasons Not Intuitive (6-30-13)   drawing included
0930    
 Summer Solstice or a Midsummer Night's Dream (6-15-14)
0938    
 Dog Days Not All about Heat (8-10-14)   photo included
0940    
 Swing High, Swing Low (8-24-14)
0942    
 Harvest Moon Shine Down on Me (9-7-14)
0957    
 Winter Solstice:  Low Sun, High Hopes (12-21-14)
0962    
 More Daylight, Please (1-25-15)
0970    
 Sky Announces Spring (3-22-15)
0983    
 Finally, It's Summer (6-21-15)   two photos included
0994    
 Autumn, Just Around the Corner (9-6-15)
1005    
 A Warmer Winter? (11-22-15)   map included
1016    
 Get Sirius Punxsutawney Phil! (2-7-16)
1022    
 Finally Spring (3-20-16)
1035    
 Highest Sun, Lowest Moon (6-19-16)   drawing and two photos included
1058    
 Earliest Sunset December 7 (11-27-16)
1061    
 Anticipating Summer Starts This Week (12-18-16)
1072    
 An Explosion of Light (3-5-17)
1101    
 Harvest Moon, Shine Down on Me (9-24-17)
1125    
 On the Cusp of Spring (3-11-18)
1127    
 Spring?  You Must be Kidding! (3-25-18)
1139    
 Winter Already Visible in Summer s Sky (6-17-18)
1178    
 Spring has Sprung, Finally! (3-17-19)   photo included
1230    
 A COVID-19 Spring (3-15-20)
1233    
 South Pole:  Night on the Ice (4-5-20)
1237    
 Big Dipper:  Pulse of the Seasons (5-3-20)
1243    
 Summer Solstice Almost Over (6-14-20)
1257    
 Say Goodbye to the Sun (9-20-20)
1258    
 Harvest Moon This Week (9-27-20)
1280    
 Edge of Spring (2-28-21)
1296    
 'Tis the Season of Summer (6-20-21)   photo included
1308    
 Harvest Moon:  What's in a Name? (9-12-21)
1332    
 Just Three Millimeters Per Year (2-27-22)
1333    
 An Explosion of Daylight (3-6-22)
1334    
 The Seven Warning Signs of Spring (3-13-22)
1360    
 Closing Time (9-11-22)
1361    
 "Danger, Will Robinson! Earth Approaching Sun!" (9-18-22)
1387    
 The Season of Brightness Begins  (3-19-23)   photo included
1400    
 It's Summertime!   (6-18-23)   photo included
1413    
 The Falling Time of Year   (9-17-23)
1452    
 The A Number to Remember, 23.5   (6-16-24)
1453    
 Spring and Summer's Extended Twilight   (6-23-24)   illustration included
1465    
 Sliding into Fall  (9-15-24)
1491    
 The Profile of Spring  (3-16-25)
1497    
 May Day (4-27-25)
1504    
 Hi(gh) Sun (6-15-25)   photo included
1505    
 Lag of the Seasons (6-22-25)
1506    
 Season of Light (6-29-25)   calculation included
1507    
 Summer's Low Full Moons (7-6-25)   photo included
1518    
 Back to Fall (7-6-25)
Holidays...
0069    
 Happy Saturnalia (12-21-97)
0113    
 Halloween Magic (10-26-98)
0127    
 Star of Wonder (1-31-99)
0172    
 Star of Bethlehem:  Part 1 (12-12-99)
0173    
 Star of Bethlehem:  Part 2 (12-19-99)
0277    
 Yule Lights (12-16-01)
0322    
 All Hallows Eve (10-27-02)
0328    
 Venus:  Star of Bethlehem Look-Alike (12-8-02)   photo included
0330    
 Christmas on Mars (12-22-02);   photos included
0435    
 Listen to the Music (12-19-04)
0441    
 Here is to Gray on Groundhog Day! (1-30-05)   photos included
0488    
 She Was the Sun; I Was the Moon (12-25-05)   photo included
0592a             
 Stellar Celebration (12-23-07)
0592b             
 Stellar Celebration (12-25-07)
0740    
 All Hallow's Eve (10-24-10)
0809    
 Easter will Always Occur in the Spring (2-19-12)
0858    
 The Groundhog Speaks (1-27-13)
0897    
 Halloween (10-27-13)
0905    
 Two Stars Light the Yule Sky (12-22-13)
0963    
 Groundhog Day:  Not the Movie (2-1-15)
0971    
 Easter Confusion (3-29-15)
0982    
 Christmas in July, Almost! (6-14-15)
1106    
 All Hallow's Eve (10-29-17)
1114    
 Christmas and the Saturnalia (12-24-17)
1181    
 Follow the Moon to Easter (4-7-19)
1269    
 Faith in a Star (12-13-20)   numerous photos included
1272    
 Sequel to the "Star" (1-3-21)
1276    
 Will Winter Last Six More Weeks? (1-31-21)   photo included
1278    
 Berenice's Love  (2-14-21)   map included
1285    
 Rebirth  (4-4-21)
1314    
 Night of the Living Dead (10-24-21)
1322    
 What Stars are These with Beams so Bright? (12-19-21)   two maps included
1367    
 The Astronomy Surrounding Halloween (10-30-22)   photo included
1382    
 Amorous Heavens:  Not So Fast! (2-12-23)   photo included
1479    
 Stunning Hope Captured in the Eagle (12-22-24)   two photos included
1497    
 May Day (4-27-25)
1523    
 Halloween:  It's in the Stars (10-26-25)
Lunar Eclipses
0004    
 Total Lunar Eclipses (9-23-96)
0029    
 Partial Lunar Eclipse and Hale-Bopp (3-16-97)   map included
0030a             
 Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight (3-23-97)
0176    
 Bright Lunar Eclipse Predicted (1-9-00)   diagram included
0177    
 Scope the Lunar Eclipse (1-16-00)   map included
0200    
 Long Lunar Eclipse (6-25-00)
0278    
 Saturn Occultation and Lunar Eclipse End Year (12-23-01)
0349    
 Total Lunar Eclipse on Tap (5-4-03)   map included
0350a             
 View the Lunar Eclipse at Dieruff (5-11-03)
0350b             
 Clouds Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse (5-16-03)   photo included
0372    
 Hawk Mountain Eclipse (10-12-03)   photo about Dieruff StarWatch
0373a             
 See the Lunar Eclipse at Hawk Mountain (10-19-03)   diagram included
0373b             
 Total Lunar Eclipses Not So Common (10-22-03)
0374a             
 Dress Warmly for the Hawk Mountain Eclipse (10-26-03)   photos and maps included
0374b             
 Predicting a Colorful Eclipse (10-29-03)
0375a             
 Hawk Mountain Lunar Eclipse Update (11-2-03)   photos and maps included
0375b             
 Curtain Time for A Great Lunar Eclipse (11-5-03)
0375c             
 Hawk Mountain Lunar Eclipse Day (11-8-03)
0377b             
 Smiling Moon (11-22-03)   photo included
0424    
 Valley to be Eclipsed, October 27 (10-10-04)   graphics included
0425    
 Observing the October 27 Lunar Eclipse-1 (10-17-04)   photo included
0426a             
 Observing the October 27 Lunar Eclipse-2 (10-24-04)
0426b             
 Final Call for Tonight's Total Lunar Eclipse (10-26-04)
0428a             
 Great Eclipse Despite the Clouds (10-31-04)   photos included
0428b             
 Bright Eclipse (11-1-04)
0548    
 Umbra to Court Moon (2-18-07)   diagram included
0549    
 See Lunar Eclipse at Quakertown Airport (2-25-07)   three photos included
0573    
 Inspirational Dawn Eclipse (8-12-07)
0574    
 Running with the Shadows of the Night (8-19-07)   one photo included
0576    
 Red Dawn in the West (9-2-07)   four photos included
0598    
 Prime Time Lunar Eclipse Set for February 20 (2-3-08)   one photo included
0599    
 Total Lunar Eclipse Will Be A Treat (2-10-08)   one diagram included
0600a  	     
 Wednesday Eclipse Set for Quakertown (2-17-08)   four photos included
0600b  	     
 Beautiful Red Eclipse (2-24-08)   10 photos included
0743    
 Looking Forward to December (11-14-10)
0748    
 Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse Upon Us (12-19-10)   diagram plus 10 images included
0750    
 Cold Hands, Warm Heart (1-2-11)   photo included
0870    
 Jupiter, Saturn, and an Eclipse (4-21-13)
0873    
 The Eclipse that Almost Isn't (5-12-13)   seven photos included
0895    
 Ephemeral Lunar Eclipse (10-13-13)   one drawing and a photo included
0918    
 April 15:  Lunar Eclipse Game Time (3-23-14)   drawing included
0919    
 Watching a Total Lunar Eclipse (3-30-14)   composite photo included
0920    
 Bolero:  Mood Music to Watch an Eclipse (4-6-14)   diagram and photo included
0921    
 Curtain Call for a Great Lunar Eclipse (4-13-14)   composite photo included
0946    
 WARNING: Excessive Tiredness May Result (10-5-14)
0991    
 September's Total Lunar Eclipse (8-16-15)   Perseid photo included
0996    
 September's Lunar Eclipse to Dazzle (9-20-15)   two moon photos included
0998    
 Lucky Break Lunar Eclipse (10-4-15)    photos included
1068    
 Sunglasses at Night (2-5-17)
1119    
 Bummer Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse (1-28-18)
1168    
 Colorful Eclipse to Favor Americas (1-6-19)    photos included
1169    
 Can't Miss Total Lunar Eclipse (1-13-19)
1170    
 Blood Moon Threatens Universe (1-20-19)    map included
1171    
 Cold, Cold, Cold Lunar Eclipse (1-27-19)    six photos included
1292    
 The Lunar Eclipse You Won't See (5-23-21)
1316    
 Some Lunar Eclipse Misconceptions (11-7-21)   photo included
1317    
 Lunar Eclipse on Tap This Week (11-14-21)   photo included
1318    
 Playing in the shadows (11-21-21)   many photos included
1341    
 Call me an Umbraphile (5-1-22)
1342    
 Total Lunar Eclipse Set for May 15/16 (5-8-22)   photo included
1343    
 Total Lunar Eclipse Set for Sunday Evening (5-15-22)   graphics included
1344    
 Chasing the Sky (5-22-22)   six photos included
1368    
 Election Day Total Lunar Eclipse (11-6-22)
1369    
 Patriotic Moon (11-13-22)   five photos included
1440    
 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, March 25 (3-24-24)   photo included
1464    
 Partial Lunar Eclipse, Neptune Occultation (9-8-24)
1490    
 Total Lunar Eclipse This Friday (3-9-25)   diagram included
Occultations...
0063a             
 Near Occultation of the Moon and Saturn (11/9-11/97)
0067b             
 Moon Occults Aldebaran (12/9-12/97)
0079a             
 Occultation of Aldebaran (3/1-4/98)
0142    
 Moon to Occult Regulus (5-16-99)
0262    
 Moon Hides Saturn (9-2-01)   map included
0274    
 Blue Moon Hides Saturn (11-25-01)   map included
0278    
 Saturn Occultation and Lunar Eclipse End Year (12-23-01)
0286a             
 Spectacular Saturn Occultation (2/17-20/02)   map included
0286b             
 Bad, Bad Weather (2/21-22/02)
0431    
 Moon to Occult Jupiter (11-21-04)   photos and map included
0457a             
 Antares Occultation (5-22-05)
0489b             
 Moon to Occult Pleiades (1-2-06)   map included
0501    
 Disappearing Act at Lehigh Elementary (3-26-06)   map included
1013    
 Peekaboo Aldebaran (1-17-16)
1372    
 Full Moon To Nearly Graze Mars (12-4-22)   photo included
1375    
 Mars' Near Graze Was A Wonderful Holiday Gift (12-25-22)   map and four photos included
1448    
 Moon to Nearly Occult Antares this Week (5-19-24)   map included
1455    
 Running with the Moon/Spectacular Spica Occultation (7-7-24)
1456    
 Spica Occultation Season is Here (7-14-24)   computer graphics included
1458    
 Meteor Rates on the Upswing/Spica Occultation (7-28-24)   map included
1481    
 Moon to Occult Mars on the 13th (1-5-25)   map included
1508    
 Moon Plays Pac-Man (7-13-25)   map included
Transits...
0166    
 Mercury Transits Sun (10-31-99)
0347    
 Mercury To Transit Sun (4-20-03)   map included
0348    
 Mercury Transit Invitation (4-27-03)
0405    
 View the Venus Transit at Cabela's (5-30-04)   diagrams included
0406a             
 Venus Positioned for Transit (6-6-04)   photos included
0406b             
 The Black Dot on the Red Sun (6-9-04)   photos included
0406c             
 The Astronomical Unit and Venus (6-10-04)
0527    
 Mercury to Transit the Sun in November (9-24-06)   map included
0533a             
 Mercury Transits the Sun Midweek (11-5-06)   map included
0772    
 One Year to Spectacular Venus Transit (6-5-11)   photo collage included
0820    
 Safe Solar Observing (5-6-12)
0821    
 Rare Venus Transit, June 5 (5-13-12)   photo included
0822    
 Venus Takes the Plunge (5-20-12)
0826    
 Transit of Love (6-17-12)   three photos included
1029    
 Mercury to Transit Sun (5-8-16)
1030    
 Lucky Punk (5-15-16)   photo included
1211    
 Mercury to Transit the Sun, November 11 (11-3-19)
1212    
 Transit: 'Weather' or Not? (11-10-19)
1213    
 Mercury Transit A Success! (11-17-19)   six photos included
Moon...
0006    
 Earthshine (10-7-96)
0012    
 Gibbous Moon (11-18-96)
0021    
 Lunar Highlands and Basins (1-19-97)
0039    
 Quarter Moon (5-25-97)
0040    
 Moon Near Sun (6-1-97)
0042    
 Low Moon, High Sun (6-15-97)
0046    
 See Where Eagle Landed (7-13-97)
0047    
 Moon, Stars, Planets Court (7-20-97)
0051    
 Day of the Full Moon (8-17-97)
0055    
 Harvest Moon (9-14-97)
0067a             
 Moon in Conjunction With Saturn (12/7-8/97)
0101    
 Moon Illusion (8-2-98)
0109    
 Moon Phases (9-27-98)
0110    
 Somersaulting Moon (10-4-98)
0111    
 Waning Moon (10-11-98)
0126    
 Blue Moons Abound (1-24-99)
0134    
 Lore of the Blue Moon (3-21-99)
0135    
 Moon Madness (3-28-99)
0139    
 Blue Moon Enigma Solved (4-25-99)
0148    
 Moon Months:  Synodic vs. Sidereal (6-27-99)
0160    
 Moon Names (9-19-99)
0185    
 Frog Sisters (3-12-00)   drawing included
0190    
 Full Moons of Spring (4-16-00)   drawing included
0210    
 When the Moon Does Not Rise or Set (9-3-00)
0248    
 Moon Bright (5-27-01)   photo included
0253    
 Lunar Fireworks Frozen in Time (7-1-01)   photo included
0306    
 Moon on the Run:  Part 1 (7-7-02)   map included
0307    
 Moon on the Run:  Part 2 (7-14-02)   map included
0308    
 Moon on the Run:  Part 3 (7-21-02)   map included
0309    
 Moon on the Run:  Part 4 (7-28-02)   map included
0313    
 Moon's Path Similar to Sun's Path (8-25-02)
0316    
 Welcome to Autumn (9-15-02)
0340    
 Water on the Moon (3-2-03)
0345    
 Moon Bright (4-6-03)
0380    
 Merrily Watching the Moon-Go-Round (12-7-03)
0408    
 Rock Star (6-20-04)
0411    
 Goodbye, Mr. Gorsky (7-11-04)
0413    
 Blue, Blue Moon (7-25-04)
0454    
 Young and Old Moons (5-1-05)
0455    
 Traveling Moon:  Part 1 (5-8-05)   photo included
0456    
 Traveling Moon:  Part 2 (5-15-05)
0459    
 Walking in Moonlight (6-5-05)   photos included
0465    
 Surf's Up (7-17-05)
0503    
 Does the Moon Rotate? (4-9-06)   drawing included
0545    
 A Wild and Untamed Landscape (1-28-07)   two photos included
0551    
 Young Moons (3-11-07)
0554    
 The Moon's Many Motions (4-1-07)   three diagrams included
0570    
 Gardening on the Moon (7-22-07)   one photo included
0658    
 Perigee-Apogee Moons (3-29-09)
0670    
 Ready Your Telescope for Apollo 11 (6-21-09)   three photos included
0671    
 Apollo 11:  To the Moon (6-28-09)   two photos included
0672    
 Apollo 11:  Landing on the Moon (7-5-09)   two photos included
0673    
 Apollo 11:  Preparing to Walk (7-12-09)   four unrelated photos included
0674    
 One Small Step (7-19-09)   three photos included
0685    
 By the Light of the Harvest Moon (10-4-09)
0701    
 Traveling Moon (1-24-10)
0705    
 Lunar Phases are Misunderstood (2-21-10)   drawing included
0706    
 Misunderstood Lunar Phases (2-28-10)
0709    
 Smiley Moon (3-21-10)
0715    
 It's a Whole New Day for Our Moon (5-2-10)
0717    
 Moon Moves Among Planets This Week (5-16-10)   two photos included
0738    
 Low Hanging Moon (10-10-10)
0753    
 Seeing Young Moons (1-23-11)   one diagram and two photos included
0787    
 Follow the Moon (9-18-11)   drawing included
0805    
 Season of the Young Moons (1-22-12)   drawing included
0836    
 Blue Moon Shining on Me (8-26-12)
0849    
 Small Moon Rising (11-25-12)   photo included
0856    
 Skinny Moon Debuts in Evening Sky (1-13-13)   photo included
0857    
 Read by Moonlight (1-20-13)   five photos included
0866    
 Full Moon Watch (3-24-13)   two photos included
0868    
 Smiley Moon, Smile Down on Me (4-7-13)   photo included
0878    
 Follow the Waxing Moon (6-16-13)
0886    
 Secrets of Copernicus (8-11-13)   photo included
0937    
 Big, Bright Full Moon, August 10 (8-3-14)   photo included
0978    
 Slivery Crescent at Dusk (5-17-15)
0988    
 Blue, Blue Moon (7-26-15)
1020    
 Seeing the Young Moon (3-6-16)
1034    
 Don't Ignore the Moon (6-12-16)   six photos included
1039    
 Bright Moon Dominates Week (7-17-16)
1075    
 Smiley Moon This Week (3-26-17)
1088    
 Learning to Love the Moon (6-28-17)
1089    
 Satellite of Hard Knocks: The Moon (7-2-17)
1110    
 Lunar Phases Confusing (11-26-17)
1116    
 January's Moon Gone Wild (1-7-18)
1118    
 The Lore of the Blue Moon (1-21-18)
1143    
 Lunar Luminescence (7-15-18)   photo included
1154    
 Lunar Confusion (9-30-18)
1159    
 Crescent Moon-Cowboy Junkies (11-4-18)   photo included
1224    
 Not So Mysterious a Moon (2-2-20)
1225    
 Don't "Give Yourself to the Dark Side" (2-9-20)
1240    
 The Moon is a Shapeshifter (5-24-20)
1241    
 Lunar Librations Lead to Libations (5-31-20)   two photos included
1262    
 Blue Moon Halloween (10-25-20)
1307    
 Follow the Waxing Moon (9-5-21)
1309    
 Follow the Waning Moon (9-19-21)
1337    
 Happy Moon, Smile Down on Me (4-3-22)
1352    
 Find Copernicus! (7-17-22)   two photos included
1383    
 Follow the Moon to First Quarter (2-19-23)
1384    
 Follow the Moon to Its Full Phase (2-26-23)   two photos included
1385    
 Two Lunar Misconceptions Revealed This Week (3-5-23)   two photos illustrations included
1392    
 Trekking with the Moon: This Week and Next (4-23-23)   one illustration included
1409    
 Blue Moon, August 30th (8-20-23)   one photo included
1449    
 How Bright is the Moon? (5-26-24)   graph included
1455    
 Running with the Moon/Spectacular Spica Occultation (7-7-24)
1457    
 Waning Moon Mingles with the Planets (7-21-24)
1461    
 Read by the Full Moon's Light/Saturn Flyby (8-18-24)
1467    
 Down Low Moon (9-29-24)   one illustration included
1492    
 Peeking Around the Moon  (3-23-25)   two illustrations included
1493    
 Smiling Moon Smile Down on Me  (3-30-25)   one photo included
1507    
 Summer's Low Full Moons (7-6-25)   photo included
1513    
 Run with the Moon  (8-17-25)   two maps included
 
Meteorites/Asteroids...
0149    
 Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites (7-4-99)
0258    
 PA Fireball was Big (8-5-01)
0290a             
 View Vesta (3-17-02)   map included
0457b             
 Catch a Falling Star (5-24-05)   map included
0523    
 Don't Buy a Star, Catch a Fallen One (8-27-06)   photo included
0546    
 Meteor Crater (2-4-07)   three photos included
0684    
 Nay to Millbillillie-Yea to Allende (9-27-09)
0704    
 Asteroid, Planets, and Moon on Parade (2-14-10)   map included
0734    
 Meteorites:  Window to Our Past (9-12-10)
0735    
 In Search of Libyan Desert Glass (9-19-10)   photo included
0736    
 Tektites:  A Sure Bet (9-26-10)   map included
0766    
 Oh, Those Meteorite Men (4-24-11)   photo included
0837    
 Moon to Occult Ceres (9-2-12)
0862    
 Gotcha, Fallen Star (2-24-13)   many photos included
0931    
 Meteorites Tell Stories of Times Past (6-22-14)   photo included
0968    
 Dawn Reaches Ceres (3-8-15)
1115    
 Moravian Donor Attains Immortality (12-31-17)   photo included
1328    
 A Life Well Spent:  Carolyn Shoemaker (1-30-22)   graphics included
1371    
 The Life of One Brenham Pallasite (11-27-22)   photo included
1377    
 Older Than Our Planet (1-8-23)
1389    
 The Cow Killer (4-2-23)   three photos included
1517    
 Keen-Eyed Russel (9-14-25)   two photos included
1521    
 Three Words Misunderstood (10-12-25)
Stars...
0020    
 Betelgeuse (1-12-97)
0103    
 Cygnus X-1 (8-16-98)
0104    
 Double, Double (8-23-98)
0155    
 Brightness vs. Distance:  Part 1 (8-15-99)   map included
0156    
 Brightness vs. Distance:  Part 2 (8-22-99)
0186    
 Bright Stars of Late Winter (3-19-00)   maps included
0284    
 Rigel, the Luminous (2-3-02)   photo included
0285    
 Betelgeuse (2-10-02)   photo included
0287    
 Are You Sirius? (2-24-02)   map included
0344    
 Kirchhoff's Laws (3-30-03)   photo included
0368b             
 Lonely Fomalhaut (9-15-03)   photo included above article
0391b             
 Star Birth in Orion (2-27-04)   photos included
0443    
 Sirius:  Brightest Star of the Night (2-13-05)   map included
0578    
 Two Eyes (9-16-07)   photo included
0682    
 Fomalhaut:  Not so Lonely Anymore (9-13-09)   one photo and one cartoon included
0686    
 Measuring Brightness in Astronomy (10-11-09)
0788    
 Well Hello, Mira (9-25-11)   map included
0799    
 Star Bright? (12-11-11)
0854    
 In the Goldilocks Zone (12-30-12)
0879    
 Spica:  Alpha Star of "Lizard Lady" (6-23-13)   map and photo included
0911    
 "Death Star" Rocks Nearby Galaxy (2-2-14)   two photos included
0914    
 Serious about Sirius (2-23-14)   two photos included
0915    
 Rigel:  Blue Jewel of Orion (3-2-14)
0916    
 Betelgeuse:  Do Not Resuscitate (3-9-14)
0948    
 Seeing Double (10-19-14)   photo included
1011    
 Eying Aldebaran (1-3-16)
1048    
 Proxima:  To 'B' or Not To Be? (9-18-16)
1066    
 The Three Marys:  Stellar Role Models (1-22-17)
1176    
 Will the Real Orion Please Stand! (3-3-19)
1182    
 Black Hole Lurks in Spring Sky (4-14-19)
1190    
 As Constant as the North Star? (6-9-19)
1220    
 Belelgeuse:  Where Have You Gone? (1-5-20)   map included
1223    
 What Now, Betelgeuse? (1-26-20)   
1226    
 Betelgeuse: Deadline Approaches (2-16-20)   
1227    
 Dead Serious about Sirius (2-23-20)   
1242    
 Beyond the Rainbow (6-7-20)   
1345    
 Luminaries of the Spring (5-29-22)   
1426    
 Sometimes I Just Want to Scream!  (12-17-23)   
1482    
 The Paradox of Algol the Demon Star  (1-12-25)   
Clusters...
0146    
 The Beehive (6-13-99)
0254    
 Great Cluster in Hercules (7-8-01)   map included
0341    
 The Beehive (3-9-03)
0477    
 Perseus' Double Cluster (10-9-05)   map included
0531    
 The Milk Dipper (10-22-06)   photo included
0547    
 Orion's Sword (2-11-07)   map and photo included
0553    
 Distance Makes a Difference (3-25-07)
0567    
 Scorpius Dominates the South (7-1-07)   one map and one photo included
0568    
 Here Comes Sagittarius (7-8-07)
0569    
 Nebular Patches and Star Splotches (7-15-07)   two photos included
0618    
 M13:  Best Globular North of the Equator (6-22-08)   map included
0762    
 The Big-Big Ursa Major Cluster (3-27-11)   map included
0776    
 Globular Clusters and the Milky Way (7-3-11)   map included
0883    
 Two Gems in Sagittarius (7-21-13)   map included
0917    
 Dissecting Orion's Sword (3-16-14)   photo included
1012    
 Sisters All Aglow in the Frosty Night (1-10-16)
0201    
 Summer:  Looking North (7-2-00)   map included
0202    
 Summer:  Looking East (7-9-00)   map included
0203    
 Summer:  Looking South (7-16-00)   map included
0204    
 Summer:  Looking West (7-23-00)   map included
0205    
 Summer:  Looking Overhead (7-30-00)   map included
0515    
 The Sky in July: Looking North (7-2-06)   map included
0516    
 The Sky in July: Looking East (7-9-06)   map included
0517    
 The Sky in July: Looking South (7-16-06)   map included
0518    
 The Sky in July: Looking West (7-23-06)   map included
0519    
 The Sky in July: Looking OVerhead (7-30-06)   map included
0214    
 Fall:  Looking North (10-1-00)   map included
0215    
 Fall:  Looking East (10-8-00)   map included
0216    
 Fall:  Looking South (10-16-00)   map included
0217    
 Fall:  Looking West (10-22-00)   map included
0218    
 Fall:  Looking Overhead (10-29-00)   map included
0228    
 Winter:  Looking North (1-7-01)   map included
0229    
 Winter:  Looking East (1-14-01)   map included
0230    
 Winter:  Looking South (1-21-01)   map included
0231    
 Winter:  Looking West (1-28-01)   map included