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RTMC 2010, Part II
Amateur telescope making still plays a central role in our hobby.
RTMC 2010: the 42-inch CDK
The Corrected Dall-Kirkham design makes it possible to view through a huge telescope with your feet planted solidly on the ground.
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is still alive and well 62 years after the famous 200-inch Hale Telescope became operational.
RTMC 2010, Part I
For the first time in its history, the Riverside Telescope Maker's Conference was held at new Moon instead of on Memorial Day weekend. That allowed some wonderful views of galaxies under surprisingly dark skies.
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory takes full advantage of Los Angeles's extraordinary natural advantages as a site for astronomy.
Travel Scopes
It's tough to reconcile all the different constraints placed on a telescope for the airplane-traveling stargazer.
2001, A Space Odyssey
A movie released in 1968 predicted that spaceflight ten years ago would be far more advanced than it actually is today. Why?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
