Plans for Visual Solar Spectroscope
Components A. Opening to optical box B. Entrance slit made of razor blades C. Baffles to reduce scattering D. Achromat focused on […]
Author: Gerry Dyck
Building my Merry-Go-Round Observatory
Having finished building my 17.5-inch Dobsonian in 1982, and having grown weary of schlepping it around by hand truck and two-wheel trailer […]
Observe Delta Cephei
Jim Hendrickson suggested the idea and Steve Siok supported it, so here it is – another challenge for Skyscrapers members to develop […]
Stella-this and Stella-that
When I was just a little lad I longed to go to Stellafad,That magic spot in far Vermont – the mystic place […]
Reflections on Three Decades of Variable Star Observing
Sometimes I feel that my thirty years of variable star observing have been about as variable as the variable stars themselves. Next […]
How I became an Amateur Astronomer
Here are a few vivid memories of events from my childhood and youth which guided me along the path of amateur astronomy. […]
Some Memorable Nights
The vast majority of my approximately 5,000 variable star observing sessions have been fairly routine affairs with no exceptional features to set […]
Just Another Planet Book?
When our local town librarian called my attention to a new addition to our library, I wondered if it were just another […]