Space Station Threshold

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's big… It's bright. It's undeniably the Moon. So what are we going to do this weekend? Why, study of course! We'll take a look at some history, some mystery and even some cool variability that can be studied without any special equipment. Are you ready [...]

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for another weekend? As the seasons slowly begin to change for both hemispheres and the Moon grows more full, look for an optical phenomena known as a "nimbus" - or halo around the Moon. While it's nothing more than a thin layer of ice crystals in [...]

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a great dark sky weekend? Then it's time to walk into the galaxy field of dreams as we take a closer look at part of Markarian's Chain. Even smaller telescopes and larger binoculars will be happy with this weekend's globular clusters! Need more [...]