Total Eclipses: Following Moon Shadows
SkyNews associate editor Alan Dyer is reporting on the 2009 total eclipse of the Sun from aboard a cruise ship near Tahiti, in the South Pacific… |
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10 Best Celestial Events in 2009
A selection of the best objects in the sky over North America during the International Year of Astronomy… |
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10 Clear Nights in a Row
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest place on Eart — so dry that parts of it have received no recorded rainfall for decades. Driving across it, as I have done several times in the past week and a half, it is absolute desolation — like Mars without the peach coloured sky… |
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Backyard Observing
The sky contains so many wonders, you'll never see them all in a lifetime. After 30 years in the hobby, I still see sights I’ve never seen before, and even the well-known attractions draw me back season after season. Backyard astronomy is a hobby that provides … |
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Light Pollution: Calgary
Light pollution is everywhere — or so it seems. Sometimes it's as obvious as the yellowish dome of light above a distant city. Or it can be as nearby and annoying as your neighbour's porch light… |
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Light Pollution: Ontario
The power blackout that affected Ontario and many north eastern states on August 14, 2003, allowed urbanites to see the beauty of the night sky for the first time in decades. Millions of people had the opportunity to see a sky… |
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Birth of a Comet Hunter
Four decades of scanning the night sky yields a bountiful harvest when I awoke on the morning of Friday, December 17, 1965, the sky was covered with heavy clouds, but I had a project to plan: searching for new comets. It would be quite… |
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A True Canadian Constellation?
First of all, I admit that Cygnus has just about everything: It’s a northern star group that’s well placed for Canadian skywatchers; it features bright stars that form a famous asterism (the Northern Cross); and it enjoys a… |
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