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...
Spring has arrived in Driftless Wisconsin. Yes, the calendar has turned to April, but nature shows little obligation to schedules. We have seen winter sneak into April before. So we look for signs. Out for my walk up the hill, I found sufficient evidence of spring’s...
Astronomy is an awesome way to discover your home in the cosmos. And it’s easy. Go outside. Look up. You’re a stargazer! Even in cities, you can find stars and planets and the moon, but it’s more fun if you can get away from the light pollution. We have fine...
Some days we journey to other worlds. Other days these worlds come to us. On the night of Aug 12/13, pieces of Comet Swift-Tuttle will streak through our atmosphere. We call this annual meteor shower the Perseids. During its 133-year journey from beyond Pluto in...
We had arrived home after our vacation when we first saw it standing on the western horizon; a shaft of light rising skyward from where the sun had just set. The Driftless area, with a topography sculpted from earth by water over time, generally needs no further...
