by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 23, 2013 | Involvement, The Sky Tonight
Astronomer uses Home Planetarium to fight Marine Layer Let’s face it. I’m an astronomer. I am madly, passionately, and insanely in love with the sky tonight. And, bonus round, I live in Coastal San Diego, where, in many months, we have the marine layer....
by Sandy Eulitt | Jul 19, 2013 | Archive, Involvement, San Diego Astronomy
Join the rest of the world between 2:27 and 2:42 pm Pacific Time today and step outside to Wave at Saturn. The Cassini spacecraft will be photographing Saturn, and Earth will be in the background. Everyone is encouraged to step outside at this time and wave, so...
by Sandy Eulitt | May 13, 2013 | Involvement, Telescopes and Astronomy Gear
For weeks, I’d been anticipating the next New Moon weekend. I’d finally learned how to set up and align my Celestron NexStar 8SE that I got at Christmastime. I’d invited the neighbors over for several “star parties” in the street outside...
by Sandy Eulitt | Sep 15, 2012 | Archive, Involvement, The Sky Tonight
Looking West Southwest at sunset local time tonight, you should see Mars and Saturn right near each other and just above the horizon. A pair of binoculars might enable you to see some features, or one of Saturn’s rings. New Moon also begins at 7:10 pm local...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 9, 2012 | Space History and People
Today we are wishing a very speedy recovery to our of the nation’s Space Superheroes: Neil Armstrong. Neil is famously private. I guess all that publicity from the Apollo Moon landing has made him want to stay out of the limelight. So it was with great surprise...