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Get away from blue light to see the Pleiades

Greetings, Stargazers. Last weekend was another day rolling the clocks back and another chance for me to complain about it. And a reminder for me to wish for some wonderful time...

DATE: Nov 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Binoculars let the light in on the night sky

Greetings, Stargazers. Last month, I started a tour of the evening sky by describing the astronomical objects I would point out as it was getting dark. I hope you got to go outsid...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Go out at dusk and watch the night sky reveal itself

Greetings, Stargazers. September is a great time of year to stargaze. I enjoy the crisp weather and the fact that it is getting dark a bit earlier than it was only a few weeks ago...

DATE: Sep 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Meteor shower to streak across our night sky

Greetings, Stargazers. Every 133 years, comet Swift-Tuttle completes another orbit. When it returns to the inner solar system and is heated by the sun, enough gas and water vapo...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Find Antares in the heart of Scorpius

Greetings, Stargazers. The 416 Fire has made it challenging for many of us to get outside to see the night sky. I have enjoyed breathing clean air again this week. Now that the sm...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Planets offer easy, enjoyable viewing targets

Greetings, Stargazers. This will be a good summer for planet watching. At most star parties, the planets are considered dusk objects because they can successfully be seen before i...

DATE: Jun 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

High hopes for Durango’s rocket teams

Greetings, Stargazers. Someone looking up in the Four Corners skies recently might have seen rockets. Yes, this is usually a column about astronomy, but I grew up a few minutes ...

DATE: May 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Constellation Leo can point you toward the southern galaxies

Greetings, Stargazers. The constellation Leo is high in the southern sky. Leo can be found most easily by looking for the backward question mark, called the sickle, with the brigh...

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Learn to distinguish the shapes of galaxies

Greetings, Stargazers. This March gives us another month with two full moons and gives me a chance to complain about the popularity of calling it blue. I will have a celebration...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Search for the winter hexagon in the stars

Greetings, Stargazers. Even rarer than a twice-in-a-month full moon, is a month with no full moon. This can happen only in February. It turns out there are many way...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

The truth behind the super-blue-moon-eclipse

Greetings, stargazers. Maybe you have read or heard there is supposed to be a super-blue-moon-eclipse this month. Yes, there will be an eclipse. But I am sorry to report that it i...

DATE: Jan 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Binoculars, telescopes to enrich your stargazing nights

Greetings, stargazers. I have written a couple of articles recommending binoculars or entry-level telescopes, but it has been a few years since they came out. And because now is...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies