2024, 09 September

Favorite Focus, September 2024

Favorite Focus, September 2024

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage at Logan Canyon, Utah. Photo © Loren Auker. Red maple leaves. Photo © Laura Leid. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo © Joshua...

Fall Foliage Photos Straight Ahead

Fall Foliage Photos Straight Ahead

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Fall foliage in Hightown, VA. Photo © Shaphan Shank. Brilliant autumn foliage is straight ahead, at least we hope so. Finding a gorgeous opportunity like...

Delphinus, Sagitta, and Vulpecula

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....

Caption This Polar Bear

Caption This Polar Bear

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive "What did you mean when you said, 'Snug as a bug in a rug'?" Photo © Andreanita|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph....

Treasures of the Bow

Treasures of the Bow

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Kervin Good. I get excited when I see a rainbow in the sky. I’m sure Noah did too. God told him to take it as a sign of His promise to never...

In Our Skies, September & October 2024

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...

The Crescent Nebula

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...

Reflections in the Night

Reflections in the Night

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Aurora borealis in Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo © Josiah Olsen. I was sleeping soundly on the first night of the solar storm that brought the aurora...

You Can Draw a Pronghorn

You Can Draw a Pronghorn

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Native to North America, the pronghorn resembles, but is not closely related to, the African antelope.Constant alertness and telescopic vision allow them...

Preparing Your Garden for Rest

Preparing Your Garden for Rest

View the full issue in the Magazine Archive One of the blessings most North American gardeners enjoy is the cyclical nature of the pastime. While I have written about the joy of season extension and...

Mailbox, September 2024

Mailbox, September 2024

Learn the population of the eastern migratory flock of Whooping Cranes, and more!