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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?

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Moonset Eclipse

Missing totality makes an eclipse's partial phase all the more rewarding.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Astronomical Twilight

Here are some interesting facts about that time of night when it's too light for deep-sky astronomy but too dark to do anything else.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Discussions Restored

When we switched to new blog technology, all the existing discussions were lost. Now they're back!

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Stellafane

A splendid time was had by all at Stellafane 2007.

Stargazing with Tony Flanders

Some Suburban Messiers

Celestial showpieces look strikingly different in the suburbs than they do under dark skies.

Astronomy Online with Stuart Goldman

Scope Calculator Applet Added

Try out a new addition to our suite of interactive observing tools.