Sometimes, when retirement bores me, I search ebay for words such as eyepiece, telescope, observatory, and planetarium---highest price first. This time I found...
When I was an elementary school student in the Pensacola/Warrington area---about 7 years before I started the Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association---the...
As a retired planetarium director/asst. prof., on a fixed annuity, I find cheap methods of amusement---incl. searching ebay for many things such as the most...
In addition to 4.5 feet of snow last week---several buildings collapsed incl. Bookman's with a quarter of a million used books, movies, etc. Lowell announces...
Links I have used in the past have not worked well---so, try a google.com search with the following search term: "Astronomy club offers cosmic view to...
Associated Press - July 15, 2009 10:34 PM ET TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A fire burning on the Tohono O'odham Reservation has forced the closure of the Kitt Peak...
Lowell Observatory names new director By DAILY SUN STAFF Monday, May 04, 2009 An astronomer and deputy leader of astronomy for the federal National Science...
... Meteorite lands back home By JOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporter Tuesday, March 24, 2009 For the last few years Tom Lynch has been using a 50-pound rock as a...
Search the yahoo article to see the photograph: New Zealand town is in the dark — and proud of it Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine...
Flagstaff is so astronomy oriented that a local band is known as Dark Sky Percussion. To learn more-search the net with "Dark Sky Percussion" as your search...
Bringing the stars closer to home The new Lutz telescope has energized NAU undergraduates and professors alike. By MICHAEL THIEL Arizona Daily Sun Thursday,...
The Great (and Sometimes Serious) Debate About Pluto Jeanna Bryner Senior Writer SPACE.com 2 hours, 25 minutes ago LAUREL, MD — The entrance to the debate...
Plutoid names in different orbit With Greek and Roman gods running short, the newest dwarf planet is named after a Polynesian fertility god. By ANNE MINARD ...
from: Arizona Daily Sun Dark skies at 50: All win Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Fifty years ago, Flagstaff adopted a pioneering outdoor lighting ordinance aimed at...
Drive out on Lake Mary Road about 8 miles and turn left at the sign "Marshall Lake/N.P.O.I." N.P.O.I. stands for Naval Prototype Optical Interferometer which...
The Today show just reported rising sea levels might amount to as much as 4 feet in the next century. This is frightening. Flagstaff, with its hills and...
Hello Laurent,thought I'd stop by and share a sight I found,but the story on how I ended up at this site. It started the other day when I cane across a bit of...
Thanks for the kind words. I am sorry that the links were not to Meteor Crater slideshows--- parts 1, 2, & 3. At least they gave access to the photographs. ...
Normally, one is not allowed to hike the rim trail around Meteor Crater without paying $15 for the regular visit and $15 for the guided walk around the crater....
Everyone, don't forget to congratulate Mr. Pellerin on his amazing success with his Grand Opening of the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium in Gainesville \this past...
This may come as a surprise even to members. Years ago a club historian made up facts rather than research them and this series of myths has even become part...
Ahhh… The first sign of the end of Summer has arrived! Just as the robin announces the beginning of Spring, so too does the Great Mars Hoax announce the end...
Hello All, In case you don't recognize the new ID, I am Laurent Pellerin, Founder of Southern Nights Astronomical League. I know it has been a long time since...
Good evening, As many of us are probably aware, the Perseid shower is upon us the evening and morning of Aug. 12-13, as well as part of a total lunar eclipse...
Seminole Community College Planetarium Press Release 022007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RED MOON RISING! Total Lunar Eclipse Viewing DATE: SATURDAY: MARCH 03, 2007...
Seminole Community College Planetarium Press Release 012207 For Immediate Release Contact Person: Laurent Pellerin, Operations & Production Manager SCC...
Seminole Community College Planetarium Press Release 100306 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Person: Laurent Pellerin Planetarium Operations & Production Manager ...
One internet radio station that is keen to check out is live365. One special one is called the space show. They discus things that are going on on the behind...
Prairie, Goto the "Links" section on the left of the Southern Nights home page...then to the Astronomical Societies and Clubs subsection. There you will find...
