So you’ve invested in the necessary equipment, learned how to use it, and gathered a night’s worth of photos of some deep-sky target. You’ve also shot the calibration frames that you will need. The...
2022, 01 January
The Most Important Garden Nutrient
What is the single most important nutrient for growing plants? There are two possible correct answers, water or carbon. Both of these run in global, sun-powered cycles and provide renewable energy....
Focus Illustrated, January 2022
Favorite Focus, January 2022
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, January 2022
Recipes: Cheeseburger Soup, Mom's Best Pancakes. Recipes: Caramel Popcorn, Monkey Bread.
Eridanus
Study Guide Puzzles, January 2022
Caption This, January 2022: Impala
Planets and Moons of Our Solar System
How to Make a Porch Light Birdhouse
House Wren. Photo © Kevin Shank. Find a wall-mount porch light.Take the top off.If the wiring is still in the light, tear the wiring out.Take the panes of glass out.Spray the panes of glass with...
SpaceX and the Fireball
SpaceX launch and fireball. Photo © Jason Rinehart. The skies were dark from the Pine Tree overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. I had come here on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, to...
Satellites
I enjoy relaxing and watching the darkness of night extinguish the distractions of daytime, as the tranquil beauty of the silent stars appears. We’re used to those stars holding still, but at times...
Exploring Nature, January 2022
By mid-January, the wintering eagle population peaks in Virginia.Look at snowflake designs under a microscope.Bucks are shedding their antlers.January and February are the most popular months to...
Pup
Weddell seal and pup. Photo © Dreamstime.com. A seal pup struggles to raise himself up and looks for his mother. He is only one day old, but his senses of sight and smell are keen. There are many...
