A tale of two clusters (or, how to tell the age of a star) by Keith Gleason January 28, 2021 0 The Pleiades are known in mythology as the “Seven Sisters”. The stars in a cluster are sisters to each other: ...
Those bright lights in the sky (Mars, Saturn & Jupiter) by Keith Gleason December 21, 2020 1 Jupiter and Saturn will appear to merge in the sky, with the naked eye ... Of course, it is an ...
A Halloween Blue Moon by Keith Gleason October 13, 2020 0 Not only will the Moon be full on Halloween, it will also be "blue". And therein lies our story.
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 ...
Living on the Edge (astronomy) by Keith Gleason January 17, 2020 2 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, ...