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Charles Hakes
Position: Fort Lewis College
Email: hakes_c@fortlewis.edu

Supernovae flash with striking brightness

Greetings, stargazers. Last month, I talked about the nova in Delphini. The “new star” was not one being born, but a star near the end of its life gasping “not dead yet!” The De...

DATE: Sep 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Nova Delphini: A new bright spot in the night sky

Greetings, stargazers. We all have the rare opportunity this month to see a nova that is, as of this writing, visible to the naked eye. The name nova literally means ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

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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