How to View the Opposition of Mars | The Red Planet at its Biggest and Brightest
Photo: An artist's rendition of Mars in proximity to Earth | Getty Images Mars is reaching full opposition on October 13, 2020, when it will…
Michael West Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. So wrote the longtime…
You Can Never Have Too Much Sky
The famed astronomer had data for only two dozen galaxies. It was the most extensive collection of galaxy data available at the time. But it…
Olympus Mons | The Biggest Hotspot in the Solar System
Photo: a computer-generated view of Olympus Mons | Dreksler Astral Mars, our closest planetary neighbor, is cool for a ton of reasons—it’s named after the…
Robert Burnham and his Celestial Handbook
The appeal of astronomy is both intellectual and aesthetic; it combines the thrill of exploration and discovery, the fun of sight-seeing, and the sheer pleasure…
View From Mars Hill: The Owl Cluster
Photo: the Clark Dome | Raymond Dake Photography By Kevin Schindler In the opening scene of the 1963 epic comedy film, It’s a Mad, Mad,…
Celebrating the 2020 Fall Equinox
Photo: The rising Sun, as seen through the Fall Equinox horizon marker at the Giovale Open Deck Observatory. What is an equinox? An equinox is…
The Unique History of the Clark Telescope
Photo: The 24" Clark refractor (Credit: Raymond Dake Photography) Of the many telescopes found on Lowell Observatory's central Flagstaff campus, the most prolific and recognizable…
New Kid on the Block: Dyer Telescope
Photo: the 24" Dyer telescope, being tested by Lowell staff | Danielle Adams, 2020 Co-Written with Jim Cole, Senior Public Program Educator The Dyer telescope…
GODO Premium Access: A New Way to Touch the Stars
Comet NEOWISE over the Giovale Open Deck Observatory, featuring our new glowing pathway | Jim Cole In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we here…