by Sandy Eulitt | May 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
UC San Diego gets $40 million to take “baby pictures” of the universe | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/12/UCSD-Simons-telescopes/?track=san-diego Dr. Brian Keating was one of my professors when I studied...
by Sandy Eulitt | Aug 10, 2015 | Meteor Showers, The Sky Tonight
Perseid Meteor Shower at New Moon The 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to be better than its been in years, due to the New Moon on Thursday, August 13, 2015. Perseid Meteor Shower 2015 from CNN The Perseid Meteor Shower normally peaks the night of August 11-12....
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 | Apr 23, 2013 | Involvement, The Sky Tonight
The spring constellations of Virgo, Leo, Corvus, Beehive Cluster, Cancer, and Arcturus revealed themselves to me the night of April 13 on Mt. Laguna. It was a truly amazing experience, as I had not had the chance to view the wonders of the universe in quite some time....
by Sandy Eulitt | Apr 24, 2012 | Involvement
When a new telescope opens its dome and begins collecting data, it is called First Light. And so it is with this web site, the culmination of many years of dreams, ideas, aspirations, hopes, and beliefs that First Light has arrived for me. I hope you will join me in...
