With the longer nights of late autumn now upon us, and before the winter cold starts setting in, let's get outside and spot some meteors.
The first of two showers of note during April is the , a fairly dependable far southern
Snagging Planetary Nebulae
Most of Fleming’s planetaries are small — less than 15″ in diameter — with high surface brightnesses. As a result, you may need to use at least 200× before noticing a fuzzy glow. But how do you identify a stellar planetary at low power? That’s easy e
