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New project explores humanity's severed link with the night sky
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | by Eric Betz
A few weeks ago, I sat on a park bench overlooking the Port of Milwaukee hoping to glimpse the aurorae borealis lighting up much of the Northern Hemisphere. The horizon was fuzzy, but a 30-second exposure image revealed a distinct green band arcing o...
Celebrate the telescope's 25th anniversary with "Saving Hubble"
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | by Karri Ferron
Back in January 2012, a documentary was presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting that created widespread buzz. Saving Hubble, directed by David Gaynes, focuses on the fight to save the ailing space telescope after NASA cancelled a servi...
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Lego Ninjas create Dual-head Teaching Telescope
Friday, April 10, 2015 | by Celestron
Looking to improve astronomy in the classroom, the Lego Ninjas submitted their prototype for a dual-head teaching telescope to the FLL Global Innovation competition. According to these students, the challenge teachers face with traditional telescopes...
RIP Walter H. Haas, lunar and planetary champion
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 | by David Eicher
Very sad news this morning on the death of Walter H. Haas (1917–2015), founder and director emeritus of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), at the age of 97. Few astronomy enthusiasts did more over the past decades for amat...
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Speaking next weekend at the New York/New Jersey Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show
Monday, April 6, 2015 | by David Eicher
I have a two-part trip to New York City looming, after a few days of finishing our magazine’s annual budget. Next weekend I’ll be speaking at the New York/New Jersey Mineral Show, having been graciously invited by my friend, mineral exper...
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Exclusive online story, "Why the asteroid threat should be taken seriously," now live!
Thursday, April 2, 2015 | by David Eicher
In the wake of the announcement of Asteroid Day, I found myself seeing all manner of debates online, between astronomy enthusiasts, about the realities of danger from asteroids impacting Earth. The opinions were all over the map. And so I began a sev...
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Join Astronomy, Discover, Celestron, and SciStarter at the World Science Festival
Thursday, April 2, 2015 | by David Eicher
There’s an exciting event coming to New York City on May 27–31, 2015: The five-day celebration of science known as the World Science Festival will host hundreds of thousands flocking to the Big Apple. Astronomy magazine, our sister public...
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Watch Eric Chaisson's important cosmic evolution interview
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | by David Eicher
I’m having a delightful time discussing lots of topics with a stellar array of astronomers for my new Superstars of Astronomy audio podcast series. You can listen to the interviews here.But I want to highlight one existing video interview I stu...
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UPDATED: "The Odyssey of Knowledge" set for April 25 in Athens
Monday, March 30, 2015 | by David Eicher
One of the most amazing people I met at last year’s Starmus Festival was Alexandros Hahalis, a Greek composer, musician, and science enthusiast. Along with Rick Wakeman and Katerina Mina, Alexandros put on the special musical program that serve...
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Check out the video for "Rainbow of Light" with Katerina Mina
Monday, March 30, 2015 | by David Eicher
Last week I wrote about the new song “Rainbow of Light,” written by English songwriter Linda Lamon and performed magnificently by soprano Katerina Mina. Now I can share the YouTube video of this song, written for the International Year o...
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Membership invited to Astronomy Foundation annual board meeting at NEAF
Friday, March 27, 2015 | by David Eicher
The Astronomy Foundation, the first and only telescope industry association, will hold its annual meeting at the Northeast Astronomy Forum in Suffern, New York, on Saturday, April 18, 2015. The Astronomy Foundation general membership is invited to at...
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Linda Lamon's beautiful "Rainbow of Light" song features Katerina Mina!
Friday, March 27, 2015 | by David Eicher
Want a good way to celebrate Friday? How about listening to a beautiful new song, “Rainbow of Light,” which was inspired by the Starmus Festival. The song celebrates UNESCO’s International Year of Light 2015. Written by English song...
Faroe Islands adventures
Monday, March 23, 2015 | by David Eicher
On Friday, March 20, our group viewed what we could of the total solar eclipse from a site close to Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. The day before, and the two days following, however, we had a variety of adventures in and around Tórshavn, the...
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Total eclipse day in the Faroes 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015 | by David Eicher
Well, what can I say? Our group of 50 Astronomy magazine readers, led by MWT Associates, went for totality in the Faroe Islands on Friday, March 20, 2015, as did thousands of travelers here. In the end, we did not see the eclipse. The skies simply cl...
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Help name Pluto's features!
Friday, March 20, 2015 | by Korey Haynes
With New Horizons speeding ever closer toward its July 14 close encounter with Pluto, astronomers are going to have unprecedented looks at the tiny planet’s thus far hidden features. And when they get their first close-up pictures, they’r...
Swap or sell your stuff in Sheboygan
Friday, March 20, 2015 | by Michael Bakich
On Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Sheboygan Astronomical Society is hosting the eighth annual Swap ’N’ Sell. This year’s event will take place at the Aviation Heritage Center of the Sheboygan Airport in Wisconsin from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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Picturesque star trails
This stack of nearly 700 images shows the result of Earth’s rotation, and, therefore, how the stars appear to move overhead. The feature in the foreground is Mexican Hat, Utah. (Canon T2i DSLR, 18mm lens at f/3.5, ISO 1600, six hundred and ninety-eight 30-second exposures)
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