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New York State Announces Outdoor Photo Contest Winners
New York State Parks and Department of Environmental Conservation Selected Winning Images of the Outdoors from 6,000 Entries; Bear...
The Night Sky
DEE SHARPLES – The Human Search for Alien Life Are we alone in the universe?Are there any other life forms out there or is Earth...
The Night Sky
DEE SHARPLES – Celestial navigation The Ancient Art of Finding One’s Way By Looking Into the Night Sky Plus…What to...
The Night Sky
DEE SHARPLES – Leonid Meteor Shower and a Planetary Lineup Twenty years ago in November 2001, ‘the stars were aligned’...
Billionaires in Space
A SATIRICAL SKIT from KURT STAUDTER – Sometime in the not too distant future, in a galaxy pretty close to home… Aboard the Virgin...
ASTRONOMY: Magnitudes More Fascinating Than You Imagined
DEE SHARPLES – Magnitude measures the apparent brightness of a celestial object and is expressed by a decimal. An object with...
Night Sky
DEE SHARPLES – Annular Solar Eclipse There are some pretty sights in the evening sky in the west shortly after sunset in June. The...
The Night Sky: Early Morning Planet Viewing and Vernal Equinox in March
DEE SHARPLES – Warmer Temperatures Offer More Opportunities for Night Sky (and Early Morning) Viewing If you’re a fan of spotting...
Geminids and the Conjunction Between Jupiter and Saturn
One of the best meteor showers of the year occurs in December. The Geminid meteor shower is active from December 4-17. That means on a...