The Urban Astronomer

19 June 2010

The Path That Leads to the Earth's Shadow

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We are in an " Eclipse Season ," a five week period of time when the Moon's orbit around the Earth is aligned in a way that th...
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11 June 2010

Heavenly Line-Up

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Over the past months the evening sky has been graced by a number of bright stars and planetary configurations. As summer approaches and t...
04 June 2010

KFOG Podcast - June 4, 2010

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Today I spent a few minutes talking with Irish Greg of the KFOG Morning Show for their podcast series. Greg is one of those people with boun...
29 May 2010

High in the sky: The Big Dipper

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The Big Dipper is one of the easiest groupings of stars in the sky to identify, and it serves as a guide to some of the more interesting sta...
08 May 2010

Planets and Bright Stars along the Ecliptic

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This is a great time of year to enjoy the view of bright stars and planets demarcating the ecliptic . I am hosting a lot of star parties the...
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25 April 2010

A Beacon in the Twilight

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As the days grow longer and the last vestiges of twilight linger later in the evening, look to the West this week for some very beautiful pl...
14 April 2010

KFOG Podcast - April 14, 2010

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09 April 2010

Mars and the Beehive

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Over the past few weeks I have been watching the gradual change in position of Mars as it moves from retrograde to prograde motion across th...
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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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