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Stargazing

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 5th 2008 7:00PM

Labor day weekend, along with the usual suspects (a bunch of families from my son's preschool, plus a few additions from kindergarten and first grade), I took my older two kids camping at Mount Hamilton, the tallest mountain in the greater San ...
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Sharing the eclipse

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 21st 2008 2:33PM

When we got up yesterday morning, we didn't think we would be able to see the lunar eclipse because the sky was overcast and it was snowing. In fact, we were worried about my in-laws getting home because of the weather and the chain requirements. So ...
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Total eclipse of the moon

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 17th 2008 1:58PM

One of the really nice benefits of coming up here to the mountains is that there is a lot less light pollution at night than there is in The City. That means that many more stars are visible than back home. I'm certainly no celestial expert, but I ...
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Getting to know the stars

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 10th 2007 10:26AM

Growing up in San Francisco, with parents who thought "roughing it" meant going to Opera in the Park, I never really had a chance to see the billions of stars that inhabit the night sky in areas with less light pollution, let alone learn the ...
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Wikisky: your guide to the heavens

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 21st 2007 2:29PM

Wikisky: It's like Google Earth, only for everywhere else. Wikisky is a free, online skymap to guide you through the heavens. You can search for specific objects or click-and-drag your way around the universe. It also shows the constellations, so you ...
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