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Author Archives: Bob Vickers
Kentucky Getaway
Melissa and I decided to rent a cabin at Pennyrile State Park in Kentucky (home of the Twin Lakes Star Party) for a couple of days last week just to get away from the rat race. It was a wonderful experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Other Nature Studies, Uncategorized
Astronomy Day 2012
Saturday, 27 April 2012, was Astronomy Day at the Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory. WKAA club members set up their scopes (and helped run the observatory scope) to look at the Sun and Moon throughout the day. We started with … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Lunar I List
I have uploaded my sketches and notes from the Astronomical League’s Lunar I list to the Lunar Sketches page. There are only thirteen pages but there are multiple links per page. These were done from 1 March 2004 until 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Buffalo Skies
Early last month, Melissa and I made a day of it at the Land Between the Lakes. Since the bridge is out at Aurora, we drove over in the morning via the Paris Landing Bridge, through Dover, and up the … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy, Other Nature Studies
The Herschel 400
Well, I got so inspired by getting the Messier and Caldwell sketches uploaded that I decided to add the Herschel 400 sketches, too. This was a little more of an undertaking as there were over 400 links to set up, … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Sketches of the Caldwells
In addition to my Messier sketches, I have now uploaded all my Caldwell catalogue sketches to the page: Caldwell Sketches. The Caldwell catalogue was compiled by British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore (whose surname is actually Caldwell-Moore) in 1995 to provide observers … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
More Sky Phenomena
Observing sky phenomena is easy. It requires nothing but our attention. Unfortunately, for far too much of my life, I paid little or no attention. Except for an occasional rainbow or sundog, I remained blissfully unaware even of the existence … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Daylight Venus
About 1:45pm CST today (26 February 2012) I went out to look for Venus and Jupiter in daylight. I had found Venus yesterday afternoon (4pm) about two to three degrees (two finger widths held at arm’s length) to the lower … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Golden Pond Observatory
Here is a picture of the telescope at the Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory, Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky. The observatory is the home of the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers, hosts of the yearly Twin Lakes Star Party. My wife … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy, Uncategorized
Pileated Woodpeckers
Last Sunday, I was sitting at my writing desk window and watching the regular crowd of Juncos, Titmice, Chickadees, etc. at the birdfeeder. All of a sudden a pair of Pileated woodpeckers swooped down and landed on the branches of … Continue reading
Posted in Other Nature Studies
The Circumzenithal Arc
There are many interesting things to look at (or for) in the daytime sky besides the sun. There are various halos, arcs, sundogs, pillars, and other light phenomena that are more common than you might think. Most of these are … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
Sketches of the Messiers
I have consolidated all of my Messier object sketches onto a new page entitled (not surprisingly) Messier Sketches. These observations and sketches were made between 21 November 1998 and 5 September 2001. Charles Messier (1730-1817) was a comet hunter who … Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Astronomy
