“Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way? Henry David Thoreau, Walden Look up into the September sky and you will see our Milky Way flowing across. It starts in the northwest where you find Perseus the Hero, now safe from the gorgon and sea...
As darkness falls this month, watch for three shining stars emerging in the east. They are the brightest stars in three separate constellations, but together they form an asterism (a star pattern) known as the Summer Triangle. They cover an area of sky larger than...
The warm nights ahead are a great time to get to know the night sky. There are plenty of stargazers in the Lower Wisconsin Valley and beyond who keep telescopes and would be happy to share a look with you. If you have been meaning to explore our starry skies, this...
After a momentary lapse in memory as to what season comes next, Mother Nature has finally given us winter. While sunny skies and 50 degree weather in December energized the spirit, it confused the brain, which expects to see snow outside the window this time of year....
“The best thing that we’re put here for’s to see; The strongest thing that’s given us to see with’s A telescope. Someone in every town Seems to me owes it to the town to keep one. In Littleton it may as well be me.” Robert Frost...
