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AstroCal – April 2024

     Mark your calendars for April 8, 2024 around 3:00 p.m. EDT.  There will be a Total Solar Eclipse crossing the United States.  The path of totality (the area where the entire disk of the Sun is obscured by the Moon) will stretch from central Texas to the Michigan/Ohio border and on to Maine.  The rest […]

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AstroCal – March 2024

       We begin March with the evening planets.  Jupiter has been the star of the show, so to speak,  as it has been visible crossing the night sky all winter.  As March begins, look for this gas giant planet high in the west.  It will continue to drop lower in the sky as the month […]

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From the Vaults – History . . .

       Before I decided that Geography and Earth Science were going to be my major areas of study in college, History was also in my top three areas of interest.  The maps of historic migrations, battles, and geographical provinces included in the text books we used from elementary school through high school fascinated me to […]

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