Hawaii

Hawaii State Parks

We previously did an article on the 2024 solar eclipse for the Hawaii state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…


Lynx

Lynx

Lynx is a constellation that is named after the animal, which can usually observed in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. The constellation was introduced in the late 17th century by Johannes Hevelius. It is a faint constellation, with its brightest stars forming…


Leonids Meteors Impact Meteor

4 ways meteors affected ancient civilization

The skies have always inspired and affected cultures in many different ways. Whether that be providing inspiration for their art and culture, physical artifacts such as metal, or something else, meteors have played a huge…


Pyxis

The constellation Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky, which is actually an abbreviation from its full name of Pyxis Nautica. In Latin, Pyxis Nautica translates to mariner’s compass. Pyxis was…


Grus

Grus

Located in the southern sky, the constellation Grus is Latin for the crane, a type of bird. It is 1 of the 12 constellations conceived by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser…



Vela

Vela

Located in the southern sky, the constellation Vela is Latin for the sails of a ship. The constellation was originally part of a larger constellation named the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into…



Indus

Indus

Located in the southern sky, the constellation Indus was surveyed by Europeans in the 1590s. It was mapped on a globe by Pieter Platevoet by early 1598 and thus included in Bayer’s keynote, consolidated sky atlas of…