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Clear Skies

By Scott Levine

Clear Skies 

What’s in the Skies is Often in the Eye of the Beholder

December 29, 2020January 2, 2021 Examiner Webmaster 671 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine The other night I was looking up and thinking about the star patterns we see. One of the most interesting things to me is not just the stars, though they’re certainly fascinating, but the asterisms they’re in.

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Jupiter and Saturn Set to Dance This Month

November 24, 2020November 29, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 772 Views Clear Skies 3 min read

by Scott Levine A few months ago, we talked about using the sun and moon, along with some simple observation tricks, to find the out solar system’s planets in the night sky. With just a little bit of practice, it’s

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The Fascination That Accompanies the Lunar Month

October 27, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 557 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine It’s a funny thing about the moon’s phases. They don’t care about our calendar. Even though the word “month” comes from an old Germanic word for the time it takes for the moon to orbit earth, our

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There Are Good Reasons Why Everyone Loves Mars

September 29, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 555 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine For all the good they do, all their old-timey-Tweeting of what’s going on in our heads, sticky notes have a dark side. Let me share this one with you that I found on my desk recently, in

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Comets Provide Some of the Most Spectacular Sky Shows

July 28, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 195 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine Through July, most of the space news has been full of extraordinary stories and gorgeous photos of the alluringly named comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), which was visible with the naked eye even in Westchester’s skies. Comets are

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Plenty of Action to Behold in the Sky on Warm Summer Nights

June 30, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 137 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine If you can believe it, the end of June brings us to the midway point through another trip around the sun. This doesn’t really change anything, but it’s interesting to know that everything in space is always

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Take Time to Marvel at the Activity of the Late Spring Skies

May 26, 2020May 31, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 118 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine Though we often think of the sky as permanent and unchanging, one of the greatest pleasures of watching often is seeing it change from night to night. With enough time, we get to see stories unfold little

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Look to the Skies This Month to Find Some Consistency and Comfort

April 30, 2020May 13, 2020 Examiner Media 114 Views Croton, westchester 3 min read

By Scott Levine On a warm, clear night a week or two ago, I got dinner on and off the table and stepped out to my favorite south-facing spot. As the last of the shadows dissolved around me, my phone

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Clear Skies: Take Time to Gaze at Some Amazing Sights in the Sky

April 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Martin Wilbur 85 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine The last few weeks have been difficult and scary, and it might be hard to escape all the dread. Like others through history, I’ve long found that one of the best ways to catch my breath is

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Clear Skies: Venus Provides a Stunning Sight for Our Night Skies

February 27, 2020May 13, 2020 Examiner Media 164 Views 3 min read

By Scott Levine A couple of years ago I had the great pleasure of writing a monthly astronomy column here at The Examiner. It was fun, and I always appreciated the comments some of you sent. I loved knowing there

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