Author - The Durango Herald

Charles Hakes

Position: Fort Lewis College

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