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The third Third Charles Butterworth Award 28 Mar 2013 | 09:05 pm
In October 2011 the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) held its centennial celebration in Boston at the Woburn Hilton. It was the culmination of 100 years of collecting and archiv...
My First Variable Star Observation 12 Feb 2013 | 02:44 am
Friday, February 15th, will be the 14th anniversary of my first variable star estimate. R Leo, 9.6, Feb 15, 1999 Over 82,000 observations later, I can still recall a lot of things about my first var...
Sir William Herschel, Variable Stars, Sunspots and the Price of Wheat 18 Jan 2013 | 07:58 pm
0 0 1 1364 7780 AAVSO 64 18 9126 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE Today we're going to start something new on Simostronomy. I've invited a guest blogger, Gael Mariani,...
From France to Buffalo in Seven Hours By Car 18 Oct 2012 | 05:54 pm
Several months ago I was invited by French AAVSO member, Laurent Corp, to give a talk for CAPAS 2012, a pro-am astronomy conference on double stars and variable stars in Rodez, France. I was happy to ...
Earth Sized Planet Found Orbiting Alpha Centauri B 17 Oct 2012 | 09:23 pm
October 17, 2012 This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest to Earth. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (sky...
Carnival of Space #259 24 Jul 2012 | 09:35 pm
Tickets! Tickets! Step right up and get your tickets to the Carnival of Space. This week's Carnival of Space is up at The Venus Transit Blog. Stop in for a variety of astronomy and space articles fro...
Leslie Peltier: The World's Greatest Amateur Astronomer 21 Jul 2012 | 02:19 am
Leslie Peltier "The world's greatest non-professional astronomer." That is what Harlow Shapley called Leslie Peltier. If that is true, then why don't more people know about Peltier? I think the simp...
The 12" LX200 Eyepiece Saga 18 Jul 2012 | 03:08 am
If you are a visual observer, the eyepieces in your arsenal are as important as the optical tube or mount. One of my goals has always been to find the perfect combination of the fewest number of eyepi...
Pennsylvania Star Party Adventure 24 Jun 2012 | 05:06 am
I had been looking forward to this trip since last October. That is when we took a side trip on our way back from the AAVSO Centennial Celebration in Boston through the northwestern part of Pennsylvan...
Koji Mukai on X-rays and Dwarf Novae 7 Jun 2012 | 09:34 pm
This is the second time Koji Mukai has granted me an interview. The first time we discussed magnetic CVs, intermediate polars specifically. That interview can be read here. Now Koji is back to discus...
