Sunday and Monday nights (18 and 19 June 2023), just days before the summer solstice (21 June), were some of the best skies we have had here in months, following rain Saturday night and a temporary respite from Canada wildfire smoke. I had a Sunday evening meeting so...
I observed at Lewis Young Park in Louisburg, Kansas Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023 with ASKC friend Bill Barlow, who motivated me to get to a darker site for the first time in months. I had qualms about the sky conditions, but Bill (a retired meteorologist) said it...
Following up on a conversation about SHY double stars in the Cloudy Nights binocular forum, I decided to observe the double star STTA 122, which includes the “E” component of SHY 247, a comoving stellar companion to what is arguably the most famous of all...
Perusing constellation boundaries is one of the pleasures of binocular astronomy for me. I’m reminded of the waggish remark on the golf course when a ball has been driven well off the fairway and the helpful comment is made, “A person should really play...
