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On the Road with David Levy

Coming Home

Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy heads back to his alma mater in Nova Scotia, Canada, to teach, remember, and reflect.

Geminid meteor

On the Road with David Levy

An Alpha Leonid Meteor Watch?

Few meteor showers are a cascade of shooting stars. Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy explains that there's simple pleasure in paying attention to sparser showers.

On the Road with David Levy

An Old Warrior Telescope Lives On

A unique telescope, built by a unique man, finds new life in New Mexico as Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy explains while "On the Road."

On the Road with David Levy

Obamastronomy

Imagine if America's leaders had to have an astronomical background? Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy has been thinking about that.

On the Road with David Levy

A Night of Service

Community service can mean bringing the cosmos down to Earth, as Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy explains while "On the Road."

several large satelitte dishes pointing to the sky with the night sky in the background

Cosmic Relief with David Grinspoon

Through the Glass, Darkly?

The world may be in decline, but astrobiology is looking up.

On the Road with David Levy

A Crescent Voyage

An amateur astronomer in New Orleans has built an observatory intended to withstand whatever Gulf weather may bring.

On the Road with David Levy

A Night to Remember

Sky & Telescope contributing editor David H. Levy joins our cadre of bloggers. Check out what he's been up to "On the Road."

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

A Fun Year

Some thoughts about, and an index to, a year of blog-writing.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

The Scientific Value of Visual Observing

How valuable is visual astronomy in the electronic age?

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Holmes: Victim of Its Own Success

I'm beginning to take Comet Holmes for granted.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

A Night in the Life of an S&T Editor

It's tricky deciding when to post an observing story on the Web.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

The Reliability of Visual Observing

It's easy to make honest mistakes when viewing astronomical objects that are faint or small.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

The Amazing Comet Holmes

It may be dimming, but Comet Holmes is still unbelievably big and bright.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Traveling Without a Scope

While traveling in India, the author missed having a telescope for completely unexpected reasons.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Bye for a While

It's vacation time!

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Big Binocular Messier Survey

Big binoculars may not show much detail, but they certain make it easy to find deep-sky objects.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Do the Planet Limbo

How low can you go?

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Calendars Throughout History

Some thoughts about the social significance of the Sun, the Moon, and regularity.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Ridiculously Small Optics

What's the smallest instrument you've ever used to view the night sky?