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Monthly Archives: June 2025

AstroCal – July 2025

AstroCal – July 2025        On the morning of July 1, 2025, Venus will be shining brightly in the eastern sky in the hour before sunrise.  Shining at magnitude -4-4, it will not be hard to find.  On July 4, the much dimmer object just 2.4 degrees above Venus will be Uranus.  Jupiter (mag -1.9) […]

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From the Vaults: Air Combat

    Back in April of 2025, we presented some highlights of General Chuck Yeager’s exploits from his West Virginia childhood up through his historic flight that broke the sound barrier for the first time (FTV:  Chuck Yeager 4-23-25).  This condensed version of his story touched on his time as a fighter pilot and at the time, […]

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FTV: Knockdown Gigs

From the Vaults:  Knockdown Gigs        When my high school band, The Twig, broke up the summer after graduation, I made the conscious decision to not get into another band until after my freshman year at Northern Michigan University.  After working at the Huron Mountain Club in the summer of 1971, I knew working there […]

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