Selected Articles

The general-interest articles are listed below.

• May 2023, One Dimensional Apodizing Mask
• Sep 2022, Quartz Watches and Navigation
• Dec 2020, Setting up Stellarium the first time
• Aug 2020, A Separate Reality (Stellarium)
• Jul 2020, Stellarium Modeling of 2020 Mars Opposition
• Jul 2019, Review of Focus and Focusing Tools (separate page)
• Sep 2018 (Massey), Getting Started in Astrophotography
• Jan 2018, Galileo, the First ATM
• Jan 2018 (Nov95), Likelihood of Alien Technology
• Aug 2017, Russellville Eclipse
• Feb 2017 A Retrospective Review: All About Telescopes by Sam Brown
• Oct 2016, Sundials for Bay County
• July 2016, Presentation On Skygazer's Almanac
• March 2013, Learning the Sky With a Smartphone
• October 2007, Eyepiece Design
• February 2007, The R-C Controvery
• January 2007, Time Versus Date
• December 2006, Buying a Christmas Scope
• October 2006, Book Review - The Final Theory
• August 2005, The Nearly Perfect Reflector
• May 2005 Interesting Astronomical Tidbits
• February 2005, Occultations Of Planets
• Oct-Nov 2004, Strehl Ratio and What It Means
• September 2004 (Massey) What To Do On Those Cloudy Nights
• August 2004 Design OF The Mak-Cass
• June 2004, The New Astrophotography
• May 2004, Design of the Schmidt-Cassegrain
• April 2004 Spherical Aberration
• Oct 2003 (Schulz), Birds Of A Feather
• September 2003, Telescope Limitations
• Aug 2003, Mars Oppositions
• July 2003, Myths About Telescope Performance
• July 2002, Tilted-component telescopes II
• June 2002, Tilted-component telescopes I
• April 2001, 1886 steam-driven telescope!
• February 2001, Astro-definitions
• January 2001, Ancient history of digital setting circles
• Sept 2000, Dark Nebulae in Aquila
• November 2000, Time and the analemma
• October 2000, Society charter reprint

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Last updated on May 2023