WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017
articles index
Following is a collection of astronomy-related articles. The bulk
of these articles were written for the Royal Astronomical Society
of Canada, for both the national Journal magazine and the Toronto
Centre's newsletter SCOPE. Enjoy.
Journal Binary Universe articles
The RASC national organisation produces a bi-monthly magazine called
Journal. It is provided to members coast-to-coast in electronic and
paper format. I write for a column called Binary Universe which reviews
a software application.
- 16 - Solar
Eclipse Timer, timings with audible prompts - Jul '17
- 15 - Meteor
Shower Calendar, list with notifications - May '17
- 14 - BOINC,
volunteer grid computing - Apr '17
- 13 - Eyes
on the Solar System, NASA 3D visual tool - Feb '17
- 12 - StarStaX,
make star trail still shots or movies - Nov '16
- 11 - AstroPlanner,
a planning tool that runs on Mac - Oct '16
- 10 - Aladin,
interactive sky atlas - Aug '16
- 9 - GoISSWatch,
an iOS app for predicting flyovers - Jun '16
- 8 - ISS
Detector, an Android app for flyovers - Apr '16
- 7 - Where
Is M13?, tool for locating globulars - Feb '16
- 6 - Virtual
Moon Atlas, a very powerful tool - Dec '15
- 5 - Backyard,
camera control for Nikon and Canon - Oct '15
- 4 - SkySafari,
planetarium app for mobile devices - Aug '15
- 3 - Clear
Outside, weather app with many indicators - Jun '15
- 2 - SkyTools,
powerful Windows-only planning tool - Apr '15
- 1 - Stellarium,
free and fun planetarium app - Feb '15
See my software list on my library
page for apps I regularly use.
SCOPE webspotting articles
The RASC Toronto Centre produces a bi-monthly newsletter called
SCOPE. It is provided to members of the centre in electronic and paper
format. I frequently write to a column called webspotting. It showcases
helpful or recently discovered web sites.
- 36 - the
panoramic Milky Way - Oct/Nov '14
- 35 - calculating
the speed of the sky, for photos - Aug/Sep '14
- 34 - graphical
forecasts, weather prediction tool - Jun '14
- 33 - dark
sky planner, based on twilight, Moon light - Mar '14
- 32 - aurora
ovation, a new prediction tool from NASA - Jan '14
- 31 - comets
galore, using Aerith and Skyhound - Jun/Jul '13
- 30 - AstroBin,
a free astro photo gallery site - Apr/May '13
- 29 - NEO
program, Near Earth Objects - Feb/Mar '13
- 28 - atlas
of Andromeda, objects within M31 - Dec '12/Jan '13
- 27 - Spaceweather
- Oct/Nov '12
- 26 - the
crisis, with the cosmological hypothesis - Apr/May '12
- 25 - outdoor
action, understanding hypothermia - Feb/Mar '12
- 24 - constellations,
free charts from the IAU - Dec '11/Jan '12
- 23 - scary!,
3D monster horror chiller anaglyphs - Oct/Nov '11
- 22 - International
Meteor Organization - Aug/Sep '11
- 21 - Mars!,
buy land now! - Jun/Jul '11
- 20 - Weather
Network, with Night mode - Apr/May '11
- 19 - CalSky,
for event planning and alerts - Feb/Mar '11
- 18 - Journal
of Double Star Observations - Dec '10/Jan '11
- 17 - Astronautica,
everything spaceflight - Dec/Jan '10
- 16 - RASC logins (not an official webspotting)
- 15 - exposure
advice, afocal astrophotography tips - Apr/May '10
- 14 - Lunar
Republic, with detailed Moon maps - Feb/Mar '10
- 13 - PlanetQuest,
exoplanet listings - Dec 2009/Jan '10
- 12 - Astronomy
Sketch of the Day - Oct/Nov '09
- 11 - The
Royal Astronomical Society of Daves - Aug/Sep '09
- 10 - twilight,
definitions, calculating - Jun/Jul '09
- 9 - mag
dec, finding magnetic north - Apr/May 2009
- 8 - comet
data, adding ephemeris data to software - Feb/Mar '09
- 7 - Clear
Sky Alarm Clock - Dec 2008/Jan '09
- 6 - alpha
beta, learning the Greek characters - Oct/Nov '08
- 5 - Fourmilab,
solar system plots, the sky overhead - Aug/Sep '08
- 4 - SkyMaps,
free monthly sky chart with targets - Jun/Jul '08
- 3 - Aviation
Digital Data Service, from NOAA - Apr/May '08
- 2 - Astronomy
Picture of the Day - Feb/Mar '08
- start - webspotting
column kick off - Jan '08
other articles
The follow is a list of articles that I have written or assisted
in.
- noctilucent clouds, photo
used, Global News - 13 Jun '16
- infographic,
finding the nova in Delphinus, Global News - 19 Aug '13
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