The Urban Astronomer

At the SFAA star party a couple nights ago on Mt Tam, the conditions were very clear and dark and we had a nice view of the Milky Way . Wit...

San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) are hosting two events in the coming days, both open to the public at no charge. The monthl y meet...

It's August and that means its time for the annual Perseid Meteor Shower , this year reaching its peak on the evening and through the mo...

Save the date: September 12th in Millbrae (just south of San Francisco near SFO). The Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC...

One of the brightest objects in the nighttime sky each summer is called the Summer Triangle. Rather than being a single constellation, the S...

I like blogging about astronomy because I want to get the public motivated to spend a few minutes out under the stars instead of staying ins...

Today a large part of the eastern hemisphere experienced a solar eclipse, and along a narrow band of Earth viewers were well positioned to e...