2025

Underwater Songbird

Underwater Songbird

You know it’s a dipper when it lands on a rock and bounces up and down as if to shake off the cold water, then plunges straight into the frigid stream…

Salts & Optics

Salts & Optics

You have tasted sodium chloride (table salt), but have you ever seen any salts under a microscope?

A Huge Finger

A Huge Finger

Even though the largest pillar only looks like a curling finger of dust, it is a gigantic four light-years long from the top to the bottom…

In Our Skies, July and August 2025

In Our Skies, July and August 2025

With the Milky Way coming into a favorable position for evening viewing, all kinds of fun features are out there to be viewed…

To Capture Lightning

To Capture Lightning

Ahh, lightning! An in-cloud starburst streak! Had I finally uncovered the secret to those photos I so admired?

Draco

Draco

Draco isn’t heavily populated with great telescopic targets, but the double stars and deep sky objects that do lie within the constellation’s boundaries are widely varied…