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Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Tracking Venus's Retrograde Motion
Inspired by a "Sun, Moon & Planets" column, the author spent the spring of 2017 tracking Venus's retrograde motion across the sky, exploring the relationship between the orbits of Venus and the Earth pointed out by Copernicus.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Chile: The Destination for Observing Clear Skies
The authors had the chance of a lifetime to see true dark skies when they joined the June 2018 cohort of the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP).
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Mars 2018: An Old Friend Returns
The author shares his encounters with Mars at perihelic opposition over the course of his years as an amateur astronomer.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
When Dusk Descends at Stellafane
A dazzling day greeted S&T Observing Editor Diana Hannikainen when she attended the Stellafane Convention this past August, but it was the dome of night sky that truly sparkled.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Wandering
Join the author for a wandering walk through a night's observing. Sometimes it's best to leave your plans behind.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
rDUINOScope Boiana: DIY Go To Unit
Frustrated with the high cost of a proprietary Go To, the author developed a free, open source, DIY option, rDUINOScope Boiana.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Simple Formulas for the Telescope Owner
Simple telescope formulas — how to calculate what you need to know about your telescopes, oculars, and binoculars.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Celestial Harvest Showpiece Roster
Download the Celestial Harvest Showpiece Roster, a handy list of 300 of the best deep-sky objects to explore with telescopes from 2- to 14-inches in aperture.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
An Ancient Eclipse in Ithaca
During the author's May 2017 trip to Kefalonia he learned of an ancient eclipse on the neighboring island of Ithaca with ties to the Odyssey.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Low-Tech Astrophotography: Game Boy Camera
Inspired by his love of astronomy and struck by the unique ways in which the Game Boy Camera had been harnessed, Alex Pietrow took to the internet to see what photos of space it had taken. When he found none, he took his own.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
A Solar Eclipse Experiment for a Sunny Day
Learn about solar eclipses with this solar eclipse activity. All you need is a tape measure, a long stick, a small sphere, and a sunny day.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Daylight Polar Alignment Made Easy
Try this easy technique to roughly polar-align your telescope mount during the day using your smartphone and a planetarium app.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Meet Steve, the Friendly Neighborhood Aurora
The story of Steve, the mysterious pink-ribbon aurora, shows how citizen scientists are making important contributions to research and discovery.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Comet Hale-Bopp’s Ancient Spectacle
Astrophotographer John Goldsmith chronicles his travels during Comet Hale-Bopp's famous apparition 20 years ago. His images capture what ancients might have seen 4,200+ years before.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
A Teachable Moment: When the Moon's Shadow Came to Angola
A solar eclipse provided the perfect teachable moment in Angola, as students learned about the real sizes and distances of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
A Remarkable View of Aldebaran's Occultation
A lucky group of Canadian observers got to witness remarkable events as the Moon slid past Aldebaran on the night of March 4th.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
A Better Red-Light Filter for Your iPhone
By tapping into some little-know settings, you can make your iPhone use a red screen all the time at night and preserve your dark adaptation.
The Strolling Astronomer Celebrates 70 Years
Still active today, the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers and its journal got their start on March 1, 1947.
Stargazer's Corner: Adventures Under the Night Sky
Fifty Years of the Astronomical League Observing Programs
The Astronomical League, one of amateur astronomy's best institutional resources, has awarded more than 10,000 observing certificates since 1967.
"Star Deck": It's All in the Cards
Here's a great free download that uses a deck of playing cards to introduce you to the night's sky's constellations in a fun, entertaining way.
