I love exploring the night sky – working on observing programs and challenges. While I started in astronomy back in 2003 as a visual only amateur, for almost the past decade, my primary method of observing Read more
During the last week of the October in 2022, I attended the Staunton River Star Party held at Staunton River State Park in southern Virginia. This is a great star party all around, one that Read more
This page is not recommend to be viewed on a smart-phone, the embedded calculator format does not work well on small screens. In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake formulated the now famous equation, that bears his Read more