David Huestis's Columns
- Astronomical Highlights for 2019
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Entry Date: Feb 4, 2019
Published Under: David Huestis's Columns
Last month’s column focused on the Quadrantid meteor shower and the total lunar eclipse. Today I will preview some of the other astronomical highlights for 2019.Believe it or not, Mars is still visible during early evening hours. Unfortunately... more
- Meteor Shower and a Lunar Eclipse
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Entry Date: Jan 3, 2019
Published Under: David Huestis's Columns
Happy New Year everyone. I can’t believe another year has come and gone. While 2018 is a blur in this stargazers’ mind, I do unfortunately recall how weather conditions thwarted many of our observing sessions. After experiencing similar past depres... more
- An Early Holiday Treat for Stargazers
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Entry Date: Dec 10, 2018
Published Under: David Huestis's Columns
As the year advances into the month of December, sunrise times occur much later in the morning, while sunset times occur much earlier. Here in southern New England the latest sunrise is around 7:13:09 a.m. on January 2, whereas the earliest sunset is a... more
- What’s Up … in the Sky for November
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Entry Date: Nov 3, 2018
Published Under: David Huestis's Columns
The first event we need to concern ourselves with is setting our clocks back one hour to Eastern Standard Time (EST) at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 4. Remember the phrase “spring ahead and fall back/behind?” While this is not an astronomical occu... more