Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Saturday, March 7th, 2020
As you may have figured out by now, I have been using Sky View Cafe for quite a while. Occasionally, I find something new (or quirky) so I thought I would bring a few things to your attention.
First, I like to set the calendar tab as my default view since ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
Here's another update in the series on using Sky View Cafe (SVC) and some details on the recent upgrade of this tool. Kerry Shetline has released the latest upgrade as of July 2017 with a slightly different look but it replaces the legacy Java version. There have been some refinements ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2014
Recently, there were a number of news items on the web about the International Observe the Moon Night, the InOMN. This organization us a combined effort from the NASA Night Sky Network, Astronomical Society of the Pacific and other groups to promote the observation of our closest cosmic neighbor, The ...
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Friday, December 20th, 2013
It is amazing how cold you can get just standing around when sky watching. And usually by the time you realize it, you are going to have a hard time getting warm again. Here are some tips related to cold weather viewing. I suggest that you test all the ideas ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
One of my favorite tools on the internet is Sky View Cafe (SVC). Its a Java applet that runs in a browser session and its free to use online. It's so useful that I hope to publish the occasional tip for using it. So here is the first tip, using ...
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Saturday, April 14th, 2012
The northern sky has several memorable asterisms and the favorite one is probably the Big Dipper. It's actually only part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It's easy to spot when it swings into view in the early evening this time of year. And the further you are to the ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
This season, the planets are coming around into view again in the evening sky. But, what about trees in the title of this blog? Ahh, if you're viewing from the suburbs, trees tend to get in the way of objects only a short angular distance from the horizon. The point ...
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
As already mentioned on the SVC Tip #1, one of my favorite internet tools is Sky View Cafe. This tool is very useful for determining the location and position of the moons of Jupiter.
I've used the special tab called "Moon/GRS" a number of times in the last few months to ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Jupiter has been a lot of fun for me this apparition. It's been higher in the sky than last time and much easier to see right from my driveway through a very convenient gap in the trees. I've been able use one of three scopes at home (3 inch refractor, ...
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