Here is the transcript for my podcast about how to see the constellation Canis Minor, M78, and the Witch Head Nebula this week. Check out the Astronomy.com's interactive star chart to see an accurate map of your sky. It'll help you locate...

Thursday was my third and final night at Rancho Hidalgo in Animas, New Mexico. Daytime hours saw only a slight breeze and not a cloud in the sky. After sunset, we decided to let the 30-inch Starmaster reflector cool until moonset. That's when we'd...

Now that the March 2009 issue has arrived, we’ve updated Astronomy.com with our newest Web extras to give subscribers exclusive complementary information to the magazine articles. This month, it’s all about the images — from MESSENGER to Cassini and more...

After the ceremony to dedicate Clyde Tombaugh's telescope Wednesday, Rancho Hidalgo developer Gene Turner collimated his 30-inch telescope's optics. He then aligned the go-to drive, and we were ready to observe. It was clear, but Venus set in...

As you probably know, 2009 is going to be a big year for our old friend Galileo. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo hearing about a new Dutch invention called the telescope, recreating it in his own workshop independently, and then turning...