22 June 2021 A Honey Moon, Apsides, and Mars Flies Through the Beehive June's Full Moon, Earth at Aphelion, and what to look for as the nights get longer.
15 June 2021 Marking the Summer Solstice (We've been at it for a long time!) The summer solstice was perhaps the most important day in the calendars of ancient cultures, judging by what they left behind.
08 June 2021 A Dawn Eclipse, Then a Jump Into the Whirlpool An unusual dawn solar eclipse, and a journey to a splendid galaxy.
25 May 2021 Twilight Sights For Summer Nights Just what is twilight, anyway, and can I see anything when it's ongoing?
06 January 2021 Happy New Year! The Full Cold Moon (and Orion) rising, Ocean City, Maryland, 2020 December 29HDR image made with a Canon EOS Rebel SL2 DSLR and EF-S 18-55mm zoom lens @ 18mm, f/8.The new year finds the Moon waning in the morning sky, coursing her way through the rising constellations of spring. Last Quarter occurs
01 December 2020 The Long and the Short of Winter's Nights A look at the phenomena surrounding the winter solstice.
27 October 2020 A Howlin' Halloween Hunter's (Blue?) Moon October's second Full Moon falls on Halloween, a cross-quarter day. We set our clocks back to Standard Time on November 1.