Under The Shadow in Casper

A video of my experience on eclipse day. All footage was shot on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. If you would like to learn more about how I photographed the eclipse, see the earlier blog post, Photographing the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Select photos are available as free wallpapers …

2016 Telescope Gift Guide

Welcome to our 2016 Telescope Gift Guide! This article was a collaboration between Jon Groubert with his Light Polluted Astronomy blog and Sorin (aka the Soggy Astronomer). Jon has been an active contributor answering reader questions for quite a while here on Soggy Astronomer, particularly with suggestions on good telescopes to …

Mauna Kea: Balancing Culture and Discovery

If you haven’t been following the news about the 30-meter telescope being constructed on Mauna Kea, then you may not be aware of the protests from native Hawaiians who are concerned about the development of a spiritually sacred site. The most recent bit of news here concerns a DLNR rule that …