Archive of SkyWatch Essays

• October, 1998
  Zodiacal Light and the Gegenshein
• September, 1998
  Sunspots
• August, 1998
  Uranus in the August Sky
• July, 1998
  A Changing Expansion Rate
• June, 1998
  Arcturus -- The Fourth-Brightest Star
• May, 1998
  The Closest Star
• April, 1998
  Bright Stars in the April Sky
• March, 1998
  March's Disappearances
• February, 1998
  February's Solar Eclipse
• January, 1998
  Sky-High Lights for 1998
• December, 1997
  NASA Missions Review
• November, 1997
  Cassini on the Way to Saturn
• October, 1997
  1997 Benedum Lecture Series
• September, 1997
  Mars Missions Continue
• August, 1997
  August's Shower of Stars
• July, 1997
  Pathfinder to Land on Mars Friday
• June, 1997
  Galileo's Discoveries at Jupiter's Moons
• May, 1997
  Ursa Major, The Great Bear
• April, 1997
  1997's Comet, Hale-Bopp
• March, 1997
  A Lunar Eclipse and a Comet
• February, 1997
  Hubble to Get New Instruments
• January, 1997
  Sky-High Lights for 1997
• December, 1996
  Mars Exploration Resumes
• November, 1996
  The Voyagers' Interstellar Missions
• October, 1996
  Altair and Deneb
• September, 1996
  September's Total Lunar Eclipse
• August, 1996
  August's Shower of Stars
• July, 1996
  Jupiter Moves into Evening Sky
• June, 1996
  The Trouble with Months
• May, 1996
  Bright Stars in the May Sky
• April, 1996
  A Lunar Eclipse and a Comet
• March, 1996
  Looking into the Past
• February, 1996
  The Gregorian Calendar and Leap Years
• January, 1996
  Sky-High Lights for 1996

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