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Summer gives way to fall at 3:05 a.m. Sept. 23. Get out and enjoy the relatively warm nights. We all know they wont last.Two gas giants highlight the months night sky.One, Jupiter, the solar...
DATE: Aug. 27, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Summers southern sky holds numerous deep-space jewels. Three constellations, Scorpius, Sagittarius and Ophiuchus, are loaded with worthy targets, star clusters, nebulae and double stars.Libra,...
DATE: July 23, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Clear, dark summer nights may be short but theyre relatively warm, and the sky is draped in our constellations glow as the Milky Way streams from Scorpius and Sagittarius in the south to...
DATE: June 25, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Summers coming on. It wont be long. The solstice arrives at 11:16 a.m. June 21. The nights are short but almost warm, an acceptable combination for stargazers.The sun sets shortly before 8:30...
DATE: May 21, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Some of our neighboring planets have been in hiding lately, but theyre showing up now, one in the evening and a cluster of four in the predawn sky.Although it reached opposition last month, Saturn...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
With winter only a memory (we hope), many amateur astronomers come out of hibernation in April and revisit the night sky at some length. Lets get those scopes out and see whats going on in the...
DATE: March 26, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Cabin fever be gone. Spring is almost here. It begins March 20 at 5:21 p.m.The benefit to stargazers is somewhat offset by the return of Daylight Saving Time on March 13. Darkness will come later,...
DATE: Feb. 26, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Im a fair-weather, warm-weather stargazer.Im embarrassed to admit that I have a new array of instruments that are still in boxes, as I wait for the snow and mud and seriously cold nights to go...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2011 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Mother Nature has failed to cooperate with celestial observers in these parts lately.I managed to see some Geminid meteors on Dec. 14, but the sky was hazy. Faint shooting stars eluded me....
DATE: Dec. 25, 2010 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
December has a couple of holiday treats for stargazers, and you wont need a telescope to enjoy them just the ability to tolerate the seasons chill.The Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night...
DATE: Nov. 27, 2010 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
Well, my experiments with astrophotography are on hold while my wife and I are volunteering at Canyonlands National Park. On the plus side, the parks skies are even darker than my Montezuma County...
DATE: Oct. 23, 2010 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
I’ve been a visual amateur astronomer on and off since I was a teenager. Now, though, I’m getting excited about dabbling in astrophotography.The advent of digital photography has been a boon to the...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2010 | COLUMN: What's up in Durango Skies
