Author - The Durango Herald

Charles Hakes

Position: Fort Lewis College

Globular clusters: The cotton balls of the Milky Way

Greetings stargazers. The summer Milky Way is in the sky right after dusk, with the brightest parts toward the constellation Sagittarius. That means this is a good time of year ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Light pollution can steal stars from night sky

Greetings, stargazers. I recently received some new lights for the Old Fort Lewis campus, where the observatory is. These new lights are to replace the current street/security l...

DATE: Jun 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

For sky watchers, now is a great time to party

Greetings stargazers. Now that the days are getting warmer, many of us want to get outside more often and even stay outside well into the evening. I find it a little funny that t...

DATE: May 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Galaxies are plentiful, but which is which?

Greetings stargazers. For many amateur astronomers with small telescopes, spring is galaxy season. At any moderately dark site, which includes most of the Four Corners, you can see scores of...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

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Globular clusters: The cotton balls of the Milky Way

Light pollution can steal stars from night sky

For sky watchers, now is a great time to party

Galaxies are plentiful, but which is which?

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Globular clusters: The cotton balls of the Milky Way

Light pollution can steal stars from night sky

For sky watchers, now is a great time to party

Galaxies are plentiful, but which is which?

Ballantine Communications, Inc.

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