Lost Pleiad Observatory

Going through some pictures this morning and I found one that I took in Portal a couple weeks ago that I thought was worth sharing.  Not lon...

Just back from another weekend adventure out to the dark Skies of Portal, AZ.  Seems that my blog is slowly turning into the Portal report.....

I really do have a great job-  I always tell folks that somehow I married a great hobby with a lot of administrative experience at the Unive...

Time for what is becoming a quarterly tradition...a blog post! In February, I made a trip to the dark skies of Portal, AZ with my good fri...

I just returned from 3 nights attending to my favorite dark-sky astronomy activity...a new moon trip to Portal, AZ hosted by my good friend ...

2065.  That is the number running around in my head this morning...or to be clear, the year 2065.  In 2065, should I still be kicking and sc...

This week saw the Earth swing through the debris trail left by comet Swift-Tuttle, producing the annual Perseid meteor shower.  Prognosticat...