SUNSET: 
Cosmic Relief with David Grinspoon
The Right Stuff?
Our columnist reports on his harrowing round of astronaut training.
The First Geek
Not all geeks are astronomers, but many astronomers are geeks. Let's take a look at the archetypal geek who died 22 centuries ago.
Stargazing and Science Fiction
Logically, science fiction is completely unrelated to stargazing — but human beings don't live by logic alone. In fact there's an intimate relationship between these two pastimes.
Debating Human Spaceflight
On March 15th a distinguished panel discussed the future of human spaceflight at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Binocular Blogs
Binocular stargazing has a peaceful, organic quality that's hard to achieve through a telescope. Here's a list of some blogs the author has written on this subject.
Cosmic Relief with David Grinspoon
Lunar News Flash
Did scientists make LCROSS seem like a dud by raising expectations of a spectacle?
Index to Stargazing Blogs
Nobody else may care about blogs that I wrote three years ago — but I do, because I like to hyperlink to older blogs when I write new ones. So here, in case anybody's interested, is a list of all Stargazing blogs from 2007 through 2010: 2010 Oct 26, 2010Guest…
Stargazing Blogs
Here's an index to the Stargazing blogs written from 2007 to 2011.
The Belt of Venus
This pink border lining Earth's shadow opposite the just-set or about-to-rise Sun is often seen but rarely recognized.
Thoughts about Pluto
Eighty years ago, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto while comparing two photographs taken a few weeks earlier. How does his discovery look in light of our current knowledge?
Venus, Jupiter, and Vesta
Venus and Jupiter have a close but difficult conjunction shortly after sunset on Tuesday, Feb. 16. And after the sky gets dark, you have an unusual chance to see an asteroid with hardly any effort at all.
Thoughts about Star Charts
The author ponders the dilemmas of providing star charts for observing articles in Sky & Telescope.
Double-Star Resources
Here are some handy reference works for people who love to observe double stars and want to expand their horizons.
The Joy of Double Stars
Double stars are fun, quick, and easy to observe.
My First Grazing Occultation
It's great when an astronomical event far exceeds your expectations.
More on Scopes and Binoculars
What sized telescope is equivalent to a pair of 70-mm binoculars? To some extent, this is a question without an answer — like comparing apples to oranges. But for some purposes, 70-mm binoculars can actually do better than a 100-mm scope. In other words, the human brain sometimes gets better results combining the light seen through two eyes than you can get by doubling the light seen through one eye.
Cosmic Relief with David Grinspoon
Another Giant Leap
Thanks to amateur astronomers, humanity has crossed a threshold to the age of continuous monitoring of solar system events.
Paradoxical Messier 33
Messier 33, which rides high in the sky on late-autmun evenings, can be the most rewarding or frustrating of all galaxies, depending on your conditions and your mindset.
Chainsaw Astronomy
Cutting down trees to get a better view of the night sky can be a surprisingly emotional issue.
Doing Deep-Sky Wonders
It's hard to find a better way to spend an hour or two outside on a clear, moonless night than viewing the targets from the latest Deep-Sky Wonders column through a telescope.
