STARGAZER #497 for Jan. 24, 2009 That Lucky Old Sun In a 1949 #1 hit song, Frankie Laine crooned "that lucky old sun has nothin' to do but roll around heaven...
 I wanted to take photograph the Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday’s Green Smudge Comet Lulin. I wanted to show what Comet Lulin might look like with out a big...
What intially started as an attempt to form a Celestial Bridge between Indo-Iraq-Brazil has now turned out to be a global affair. A group of sidewalk...
Sorry this is late. We just got home from visiting family in Denver. -pd STARGAZER #500 for Mar. 7, 2009 Vernal Equinox In the earliest years of the TV...
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
STARGAZER #501 for Mar. 21, 2009 [This Stargazer classic first appeared in January 1991.] Astronomy or Astrology? "Hey, Dr. Derrick," said a young woman, "I...
STARGAZER #505 for May 16, 2009 Cosmic Weight-Loss Plan Want to lose a few pounds? No problem, just go to Mars. And if you want to lose even more, go to the...
STARGAZER #506 for May 30, 2009 Astronomy in the Classroom Many respected experts point to an alarming trend among our youth which is likely to have dire...
STARGAZER #507 for June 13, 2009 The World Made Smaller by the Internet The Internet is amazing, not that I'm telling you anything you don't already know....
STARGAZER #508 for June 27, 2009 Sorting Out the Greek Gods The planets along with several constellations and other night sky objects are named for gods of...
STARGAZER #509 for July 11, 2009 Where Were You July 20, 1969? Wednesday, July 16, 1969, we watched with keen interest as Apollo 11 blasted off from Kennedy...
Greetings Fellow Earthlings the Amateur Astronomers Assn. Delhi (AAAD) will be webcasting the July 22nd solar eclipse from two spots in India, Varanasi,25° 16...
Eclipse report from my friend Bob Bailey in China. Ed ... To: Ed Flaspoehler <eflaspo@...> Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 4:48 am Subject: eclipse pictures Hi Ed,...
STARGAZER #510 for July 25, 2009 Hercules and Ophiuchus: Head-to-Head in the Night Sky It's the time of year when two giants, Hercules the Strong Man and...
The following are short versions of recent stories from Chronicle Online. Full texts, as well as photos and other graphics accompanying some stories, are...
August 8, 2009 Stargazer #511 Extraterrestrials Are we alone, or are "they" out there somewhere? While we can only guess how long humans have wondered about...
I recently received an e-mail that contained a lovely PowerPoint presentation proclaiming that Mars would be as big as the full moon on August 27th. After...
Very nice Ed, And some impressive PowerPoint animations too, There's one small detail 'thou. The file downloads as MARS2003.pps.txt This opens it as a text...
Hmmm. That may be your system, since It works fine in my browser, including the one here at work, which is IE 7.0. Glad you liked the presentation. I just...
I had sketch the constelation Scorpius. M4 was a fuffy patch with the naked eye. Altair-Alzimuth 100dgrees,Altitude 45 degrees. I had seperated Mizar and...
STARGAZER #512 for August 22, 2009 Planets to Lose Moons and Rings Twenty years ago when I first set up my new 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope for a...
STARGAZER #514 for September 19, 2009 2009: International Year of Astronomy This year marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of telescopic astronomy, so...
STARGAZER for October 3, 2009 Stars of the Milky Way Triangle The Milky Way Triangle, also called the Summer Triangle, is currently high overhead in the...
As this is very interesting, I am passing this on. I hope you find it as inspirational as I did. Ed Flaspoehler, AAAA Thought you all might find this...
STARGAZER #517 for October 31, 2009 Galileo's New Universe a Book Worth Reading Being the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first astronomical use of the ...
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