The quiet summer night sky was star-filled. No moon was showing. The wind was calm. The Milky Way went from NE to SW, where Sagittarius (the Pitcher) was angled like it could pour into a cup on the earth. Faylene took some deep breaths and began her trek in the… Continue reading
Summer and Post-Mission Trip Activity (2025). We have not posted much in early 2025, outside of two reports from a recent two-month mission trip to the Philippines and Thailand. However, we are now home in central North Carolina and have better internet capability through a more capable provider. So, we… Continue reading
“I want to see the Milky Way.” Her tone of voice made it clear that some late nights and early mornings were coming. Carolina night skies are not always cooperative, but we were in a high-pressure dome and with clear nights and low humidity predicted for days. Thus began a… Continue reading
The summer forecast held, and the skies are clear. We walk to the platform with the big Dobsonian telescope ready to work. All of us take turns gazing at the southern limb of the first quarter moon. Crater Moretus ‘stuck out’ at the terminator, so we dwell there for 30… Continue reading
He appointed the moon for seasons… The alarm at 3:30 am jarred me awake but my wife was already stirring. The day had come to make a trip to help a daughter in Montana, and our ride to the Raleigh-Durham airport was an hour to make the first of two… Continue reading
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