Tips for brand new Stargazers/Astronomers

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Before writing this post, I had several questions in mind. We are so busy in our lives that sometimes we have no time to even look around us and admire the beauty of our surroundings. How often do we look towards the sky and admire the moon, clouds ...

Pretty things to see in the night sky

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Deep Sky Observing May 2008 A good list for DSO Objects in May 2008 (tags: Astronomy) Eye Candy Observing List Pretty looking stuff that can been seen in the night sky (tags: Astronomy) The NGC / IC Project - Home of the Historically Corrected New General Catalogue (HCNGC) since 1993 A complete modern Star Catalogue. A great ...

Star Gazing sites in the bay area

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

ObservingSites.com Great Observing Sites for Star Gazing in North America. Includes a good list of Sites for the bay area. Here is a link to their California Sites page http://www.observingsites.com/ds_ca.htm. Several of these are in the Bay area. The Astronomy Connection - Montebello Open Space Preserve Observing Site Good observing site in Palo ...