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- Mar 18
- 1 min
See Venus By Day In 2023
Venus may be visible to the naked eye in the daytime after greatest eastern elongation, when it appears furthest from the setting sun. ...

- Mar 1
- 1 min
Dark Side of Two Moons
A salute to Pink Floyd on the 50th anniversary of the release of Dark Side of the Moon. Enjoy the music (play it loud) and check out the...


- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Election Day Observing Results
A total lunar eclipse graced the morning sky on Election Day 2022. At the Lake Michigan shoreline I had an unobstructed horizon,...

- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Be Election Day Observer...of Total Lunar Eclipse
The corps of Election Day observers working the polls and early voters on November 8 can start their morning with a moment of grandeur. ...


- Jun 12, 2022
- 4 min
Friday at a Star Party
Even the approach to the 2022 Michiana Star Party was sublime, as a dirt road dappled in sunlight set the stage. And then you arrive at...

- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Two Highlights at March 28 Sunrise
In the morning twilight of Monday, March 28, 2022, observers can witness two celestial highlights--a multi-planet conjunction and a...


- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Heading to Lake of Death
I'm suddenly excited about the one-way trip to Lake of Death, latitude 45 degrees north, in summer 2021. Pandemic protocols may have...

- Nov 25, 2019
- 2 min
Watch Space Station Bisect Moon--Repeatedly
You've seen pictures of the International Space Station (ISS), but have you ever actually seen it? If you can steady on the moon with a...

- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
Moon Landing at 50
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 in Michiana, including at Notre Dame, at Penn Harris Madison Digital Video Theater &...

- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
Necks Craned 50 Years Later
While we commemorate the first lunar landing fifty years ago, consider the view from Earth, too. In the United States and around the...