Some topics are simply too large for the 700-800 word limits in a newpaper. These longer essays appear here: Astronomy Essays Leonid Shower 2001 Einstein's E=mc2 Eyeball Astronomy Resolving Power Remembering Robert Burnham, Jr. Our New Telescope's History Star Names Our Old 7" Starfire John Bortle's Dark Sky Scale
The following monthly columns have appeared in local newspaper: Newspaper Columns SEP 2004 - LaGrangian Points AUG 2004 - Constellations and Asterisms JUL 2004 - Lighting the Park JUN 2004 - Why are Most Stars White? MAY 2004 - Transit of Venus APR 2004 - Two Visible Comets MAR 2004 - March, the Month of Change FEB 2004 - Why Look at Just One Star JAN 2004 - Moons of the Giants DEC 2003 - (No column this month) NOV 2003 - (No column this month) OCT 2003 - (No column this month) SEP 2003 - (No column this month) AUG 2003 - (No column this month) JUL 2003 - Mars is Coming JUN 2003 - (No column this month) MAY 2003 - How Far Is it? APR 2003 - Less is Better MAR 2003 - Viewing the Milky Way with Binoculars FEB 2003 - The Frigate Bird Constellation JAN 2003 - Mars in 2003 DEC 2002 - Windows in the Sky NOV 2002 - Sundials - a Fun Kid's Project OCT 2002 - Peeking at Venus SEP 2002 - Meteor Showers and Sporadic Meteors AUG 2002 - When is a Cow a Cow? JUL 2002 - Pluto - a Planet in Name Only JUN 2002 - Neptune - the Intentional Planet MAY 2002 - Uranus - the Accidental Planet APR 2002 - Saturn - the Misnamed Planet MAR 2002 - Light Pollution FEB 2002 - Jupiter - King of the Gods and Planets JAN 2002 - Sky Theater DEC 2001 - Mars - Fact and Myth NOV 2001 - Venus - Receding Visions OCT 2001 - Mercury - Legendary Prankster SEP 2001 - Celestial Globes AUG 2001 - Star Names JUL 2001 - The Rest of 2001 JUN 2001 - Rocket Science MAY 2001 - The Final Four APR 2001 - Sighting Phobos MAR 2001 - Earth's Nonexistant Second Moon FEB 2001 - Analemma of Time JAN 2001 - Mars Returns DEC 2000 - The Leonids NOV 2000 - The Fuzzy Star OCT 2000 - Dark Skies SEP 2000 - Hi Down There AUG 2000 - Delta Scorpii Erupts JUL 2000 - Earth's Strange Cpmpanion JUN 2000 - A Summer Comet MAY 2000 - Berringer and Uplift Craters APR 2000 - The Realm of the Galaxies MAR 2000 - Life List FEB 2000 - Star Stuff JAN 2000 - Our Sky in 2000 DEC 1999 - Buying a Telescope NOV 1999 - Project Comet Chaser OCT 1999 - Phases of the Moon SEP 1999 - Will of the Wisps AUG 1999 - Our Wonderful New Telescope JUL 1999 - Saros and the Blue Moon JUN 1999 - Our New Telescope MAY 1999 - An Extraordinary Satellite APR 1999 - A Very Ordinary Star - Part I APR 1999 - A Very Ordinary Star - Part II MAR 1999 - Wild Night Life FEB 1999 - What's in a Name? JAN 1999 - Achilles and the Tortoise DEC 1998 - Candles in the Night NOV 1998 - Buying a Telescope OCT 1998 - Twinkle Twinkle OCT 1998 - Celestial Directions SEP 1998 - Moon Beams and the Speed of Light AUG 1998 - Rain Check JUL 1998 - Requiem for a Sextant JUN 1998 - Our National Telescopes MAY 1998 - How many Days in a Year? APR 1998 - What Time is It? MAR 1998 - Colors of the Stars FEB 1998 - Solar Eclipse JAN 1998 - Magnificent Orion JAN 1998 - How Astronomy became a Life Long Passion
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