The Urban Astronomer

06 August 2026

August 12, 2026 Solar Eclipse

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It's Eclipse Season , that magical time when the Sun, Moon and Earth line up to remind us of how special we are here on planet Earth ......
09 July 2026

Moonbase

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NASA's Vision of a Moonbase We are building a Moonbase . A place on our own Moon where human will be able to live and work. NASA is hard...
07 June 2026

The June 2026 Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus

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We have a wonderful opportunity to watch a grand spectacle of nature, a close encounter of two of the brightest objects in the night sky. A ...
13 May 2026

The Big Dipper

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Ursa Major and The Big Dipper We all love the Big Dipper, don't we? It's a constellation that nearly everyone can identify. And it i...
17 March 2026

Moon Watching: It's just a Phase

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Lunar X and V The Moon is a wonderful object to behold. It brings us ever-changing patterns as it orbits our home planet every 29 days. Each...
17 February 2026

It's Good to be King: Mighty Jupiter

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Track of Jupiter The planets create lovely patterns across the night sky and this February there is a good alignment of planets in the eveni...
19 January 2026

Your New Telescope 101: Peering Deep into the Night Sky

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A big telescope reveals the beauty and majesty of the universe. It's truly astonishing what you can see when the conditions are just rig...
11 December 2025

A Close-up Look at the Southern Skies

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The Southern Sky For us 'northerners' who live north of the equator, traveling south of the equator means that you see the heavens f...
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The Urban Astronomer
Munich, Germany
In 2005 I began writing a column for the San Francisco Waldorf School newsletter called "The Urban Astronomer." I started this blog in 2007 as a place to archive my articles and to offer additional insights on the night sky - even if you live in a big city. In 2008 I became an occasional guest on the KFOG Morning Show, and subsequently on KALW and KGO. Archived shows are posted on the blog. I now work and write in Munich, Germany, where I conduct lectures and record podcasts for the Munich Public Observatory.
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