International Dark Sky Week by Keith Gleason April 24, 2020 0 Given the (usually) balmy weather in April during a week when moonlight won't interfere, the International Dark Sky Association is ...
The evening star by Keith Gleason April 17, 2020 1 If you've ventured outside this year in the early evening, you've surely noticed the brilliant "evening star" hanging over the ...
Seeing the Light (astronomy) by Keith Gleason March 12, 2020 0 The soft glow of the zodiacal light is seen here on the left (along with brilliant Venus) rising up from ...
Conjuring the Constellations by Keith Gleason February 22, 2020 3 Back in the good ol' days of the ancient Greeks there were only 48 constellations, or sky figures, and they ...
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! (astronomy) by Keith Gleason February 6, 2020 1 According to the 1988 film Beetlejuice, the incantation in this article's headline will summon the unpredictable entity Betelgeuse to explosive ...
The Hunter In Winter (astronomy) by Keith Gleason January 30, 2020 3 Orion the Hunter is probably the most recognized and easily identified constellation in the entire sky. As a bonus, the ...
Living on the Edge (astronomy) by Keith Gleason January 17, 2020 0 Folks in and around Lyons are accustomed to living on the edge. We're not quite out on the flats, but ...
Night skies above Lyons (astronomy) by Keith Gleason January 11, 2020 2 Humanity seems to have an insatiable desire to assign numerical scales to just about anything relating to size, quality, beauty, ...