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Orion’s Belt is one of the most familiar asterisms in the night sky, along with the Big Dipper and the Southern Cross in southern latitudes. It is formed by three massive, bright stars located in our galaxy, in the direction of the constellation...

Rare, 3rd SUPER MOON December 2016 --- Divine Forewarnings Reprinted from the IslandFree Press The evening of Tuesday, Dec. 13, will feature the last supermoon 2016. A supermoon happens when a full moon, or a new moon, coincides with the moon making...

When the summer sun goes down, three of the first stars to peep through the lingering twilight are the bright stars that form the unmistakable asterism called the Summer Triangle. By 9:3 0p.m., you should be able to pick out the three stars of the Summer...

I've often heard people ask if non PA scopes can be used. Well low ranges are better accommodated than long range. This video was recording what is seen through one of my Spotter-Add-On rigs used with a very old Bushnell 4x40 wide angle scope (fixed...

I sit here in the cockpit, just before 0500 and look out at the Souther Cross in the sky to my left and the Big Dipper behind me to the right, I look out over an empty sea. Not a ship to be seen but an almost full Moon working it's way toward the horizon...