View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Am I crazy…walking out the lane at 3:00 a.m. just to try to see a comet? When I got to the mailbox, I looked up. There was the comet, all right, just...
Astronomy
Observing the Moon
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The Moon can be both a bane and a blessing to the amateur astronomer. Moonlight renders faint deep sky objects invisible, and it washes out even the...
Pictures & Poems, October 2024
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The Crescent Nebula
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive One of the first things that grabs your attention when stepping outside after sunset on a late summer evening is the sweeping expanse of the Milky Way. It...
In Our Skies, September & October 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive In September, Comet 13P/Olbers is projected to be at magnitude 8—a binocular/telescope target. In mid-September it will be a thumb-to-little-finger span...
Delphinus, Sagitta, and Vulpecula
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The Summer Triangle, a large triangle of bright stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair), lies straight overhead on September evenings in the United States....
Sagittarius
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sagittarius, the Archer, lies straight above the southern horizon on August evenings at mid-northern latitudes. The band of the Milky Way runs through the...
Solar Photography
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The aurora superstorm in May has captured my attention—not just the beauty of the aurora, but the beauty of the sun from which the storm originated. There...
Covers, July 2024
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Let’s Take a Hike, July 2024: AR3664
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Robert Schumann captured this photo of the sun May 13, 2024, showing the famous active region 3664. This region hurled at least six coronal mass ejections...
From the Editor’s Quill, July 2024
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Eclipse Day
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The long-anticipated day had arrived! I woke up fifteen minutes before my alarm sounded. Today is the big day!After much planning and preparation,...
Creation Close-ups, July 2024
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Mailbox, July 2024
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Auroras!
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The "Superstorm", May 10, 2024 Aurora borealis in Georgia on May 10, 2024. Photo © Morris Yoder. Hundreds of millions of people gawked at the night sky...