Heavenly News & Views
The Mountain Democrat will be running a column entitled "Heavenly News & Views" to be authored by members of the observatory docent team. This is an opportunity to share timely cosmic events with the public and to promote the observatory. Click the link below to view the full article as a pdf file.
August 16, 2010 - “Our Galaxy, the Size of North America?”
August 2, 2010 -
“The Sun, Four Planets and a Meteor Shower”
July 19, 2010 - "Dance of the Planets in Our Summer Skies"
July 5, 2010 - “Astronomy or Astrology?”
June 21, 2010 - "Whaterver Happened to Pluto?"
May 17, 2010 - "Spots On The Sun"
May 2, 2010 - "Saturn"
April 19, 2010 - "Astronomy Day"
April 5, 2010 - "Little Brother to the Evening Star"
March 1, 2010 - "Observing Galaxies"
February 23, 2010 - "A Night at the Observatory"
January 14, 2010- "Mars in Opposition"
January 1, 2010 - "The Solar System 2010"
December 16, 2009 - "Mysterious Christmas Star"
December 7, 2009 - “Orion, the Hunter”
November 16, 2009 - “Lovely Leonids”
November 5, 2009 - "The Crab Nebula, a Nebulous Remnant in the Milky Way"
October 19, 2009- "Unveiling Venus"
October 5, 2009 - “More than Just a Faint Fuzzy”
September 24, 2009 - “History of the Cameron Park Community Observatory”
September 7, 2009 -“Jupiter's Galilean Moons”
August 17, 2009 - "Confessions of a Teenage Docent"
August 3, 2009 - "Catch A Falling Star"
July 20, 2009 - “The Milky Way”
July 6,2009 - "Black Holes"
June 15, 2009- "Star Clusters"
June 1, 2009- " Life of Stars"
May 15, 2009 - "You are invited to a Star Party"
May 4, 2009- “What’s Up with the Sun?”
April 15, 2009- "Whirlpool Galaxy"
March 31, 2009- “Observing our Cosmic Neighbors”
March 17, 2009 - "Did Someone Steal Saturns Rings?"
March 2, 2009 - "Light Pollution"
February 15, 2009 - “Our Solar System”
February 1, 2009 - "Moon Over Placerville"
January 10, 2009 -“2009: The International Year of Astronomy”
December 25, 2008 - "The Mysterious Christmas Star"
December 15, 2008 - "Enjoying Binocular Astronomy"
December 1, 2008 - "Lassoing the Moon"
November 3, 2008 - "Leonids Meteor Shower"
October 13, 2008 -“A Blessing in Disguise”
September 30, 2008 - "Star Clusters"
September 1, 2008 - “Venus, Our Sister Planet”
August 15, 2008 - "Doughnuts and Dumbbells"
July 30, 2008 - "What does it take to be an Observatory Docent?"
June 27, 2008 - "By Jove"
June, 12, 2008 -“Our Mysterious Moon”
June, 2008 - "What's In A Week"
May 12, 2008 -“Getting to Know Constellations”
April 20, 2008 - "Spectacular Saturn"
April 7 , 2008 - "Galaxy Season is open for Viewing ”
March 17, 2008 - "Messier Around All Night"
March 3, 2008 - "Messier Objects or some Non-Comets"
February 18, 2008 - "February's Stunning Total Lunar Eclipse"
February 2, 2008 - "Color in the Night Sky"
January 21, 2008 - "Check Out The Morning Sky"
January 7, 2008 - "Mars - The Red Planet"
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