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AstroCal – October 2021

     October looks to be an excellent month for planetary viewing.  Just to make sure our lunar companion does not get short shrift, we will start this AstroCal with a little about the Hunter’s Moon which will take place on October 20.  According to the Farmers’ Almanac, the convention of naming seasonal Moons in North America […]

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FTV: The Rocket’s Red Glare

       Model Rocketry became our hobby when my brother and I witnessed one of our Norway Avenue neighbors launch a Centuri brand model rocket in the field across from our house.  We dove in feet first and spent five years poking holes in the sky before Ron graduated from college and left for a year […]

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FTV: The Himalayas

       As sometimes happens when searching for a title for one of these From the Vaults articles,  I am torn between telling readers too little or too much information from the get go.  Such was the case with the title of this particular title.  Truth be told, the whole title should be:  Everything I learned […]

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