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Author Archives: Bob Vickers
Chiefland and Tellus
The last week in March, Melissa and I took a trip to visit our son and his wife in northern Florida. They have just moved to a new place and, as it turns out, it is about thirty-nine miles from … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy, Other Nature Studies
Spotting The Pup
The evening of 13 March was very clear so I thought I would go out and observe some more on the Astronomical League’s Galaxy Groups and Clusters list. While I was using Procyon to zero in the finder scope, I noted … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS
A few days ago, on the evening of 12 March 2013, I helped with a public event in Jackson, TN, to observe Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS. We even had a reporter from the local TV station WBBJ (channel 7) in attendance. Two … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy Groups & Clusters
Whatever you do, don’t panic. I inadvertently left out Galaxy Trio #9 from my last post, so here it is. Some of the galaxies from Trio #10 are visible in the same wide field of view. Here also is Trio … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Galaxy Groups & Clusters and the Zodical Light
Here are some GG&C observations I did a couple of weeks ago as well as a couple from over five years ago. The first is Astronomical League Trio #10, except that I could not see one member of the trio … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
How to Become a Better Observer
Charlie Warren, editor of Amateur Astronomy magazine, just sent me a split out of my article How to Become a Better Observer which appears in the newest issue (#77 – Winter 2013). In it, I talk about the various physical and … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Waxing Gibbous Moon Caught Flirting with Jupiter AGAIN!
Why was this not on Entertainment Tonight? On the afternoon of 21 January 2013, I tried a couple of times to spot Jupiter naked eye in dayight a little ways east of the Moon but had no success. Even the … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
A Visiting Rafter
The afternoon of Friday, 28 December 2012 was cold and gray with a light rain falling. My son, who was visiting for the holidays, happened to notice a large number of wild turkeys (which I have since learned is called … Continue reading
Posted in Other Nature Studies
Swarms of Stars & Comet Dust
This blog entry has gotten delayed due to a very busy holiday schedule at work, but better late than never…. The skies were exceptionally clear Thursday before last (12/13/12) and the night was not as cold as it had been … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Moon Flirts with Jupiter
As I was driving home from work Wednesday evening (28 November) heading east on Interstate 40, the full moon rose directly out of the trees ahead of me with Jupiter about 2 ½ moon diameters to its upper left. The moon … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Complete Solar Halo and More GG&C’s
Yet another 22 degree solar halo. I saw this one while at work about three weeks ago. It was a complete circle (but too big for the camera lens) and bright. I took the following shot with the sun placed … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Twin Lakes Star Party 2012
I just got back today from the Twin Lakes Star Party held at Pennyrile State Forest Park in Kentucky. Our club, the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers, puts on the star party here each fall, so I came both to help out … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
