Starry Night Education Newsletter Archive

 

March 2010

On the Road: NSTA Conference Workshops; Leo, There's an Asteroid in Your Mane; Sightseeing in Orion; Trace the Ecliptic Across the Sky; Preparing Graphics in Starry Night; Constellation in Focus: Gemini.

 

February 2010

A Strange Day on Mercury; Barlow Lenses; High School Astronomy: Giving Back to the Field; Constellation in Focus: Auriga

 

January 2010

The Strange Case of Pluto; Orion® GoScope 80mm Refractor; Yet Another Doomsday Prediction for 2012; Starry Night File of the Month:Winter constellations; Constellation in Focus: Perseus.

 

November/December 2009

Stocking Stuffers 2009; Major Celestial Events for 2010; Tube or Truss?; Orion® FunScope 76mm Reflector Telescope; Target: Star of Bethlehem; Constellation in Focus: Cetus.

 

October 2009

What is LCROSS?; Exploring the Tully Database; Orion Eyepieces; Exporting from Starry Night; Constellation in Focus: Aquarius.

 

September 2009

New Educators' Forum and Launch Contest; Galileo and the Telescope; Astronomy 101; Starting an After School Astronomy Club; Galileo, Saturn & Starry Night; Adopt-a-Star; Starry Night File of the Month: Asterisms; Constellation in Focus: Capricornus

 

September 2009

New Educators' Forum and Launch Contest; Galileo and the Telescope; Astronomy 101; Starting an After School Astronomy Club; Galileo, Saturn & Starry Night; Adopt-a-Star; Starry Night File of the Month: Asterisms; Constellation in Focus: Capricornus

 

August 2009

Starry Night 6.3.3 Update Now Available: Jupiter's Black Eye; Starry Night's Find Pane; Starry Night File of the Month: The Coalsack Nebula; Constellation in Focus: Lyra

 

July 2009

Orion's Big Mak: Orion's 180mm Mak-Cass.; Starry Night's Info Pane; Beware the Mars Hoax; Starry Night File of the Month: Explore the far side of the Moon; Constellation in Focus: Scorpius

 

June 2009

Printing Star Charts with Starry Night®; Orion® Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part VIII; 400th Anniversary of Galileo: Discovery Five; Starry Night File of the Month; Constellation in Focus: Canes Venatici

 

May 2009

Exploring Starry Night®: SkyCal; Newtonian Reflectors; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part VII; 400th Anniversary of Galileo: Discovery Four; Starry Night® File of the Month; Constellation in Focus: Leo

 

June 2009

Printing Star Charts with Starry Night®; Orion® Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part VIII; 400th Anniversary of Galileo: Discovery Five; Starry Night File of the Month; Constellation in Focus: Canes Venatici

 

April 2009

Dome Connection: Upward-Looking Education at the Spitz Institute; Exploring Starry Night: Favorites; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part VI; 400th Anniversary of Galileo: Discovery Three; Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes; Starry Night(R) File of the Month; Constellation in Focus: Crater

 

March 2009

Dome Connection: 400th Anniversary of Galileo; Discovery Two; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part V; Galileo’s Telescopes; Venus at Inferior Conjunction; Recreate Galileo's Observations in Your Classroom; Best Opposition of Ceres in Our Lifetime; Constellation in Focus: Hydra

 

February 2009

400th Anniversary of Galileo: Comet Lulin (C2007 N3); Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part IV; Constellation in Focus: Canis Major

 

January 2009

Be your own Santa!: Stellar Meteor Shower; Constellation in Focus: Orion

 

December 2008

A Give the Gift of learning; Starry Night, Ace Detective: Stocking stuffers; Constellation in Focus: Aries, Triangulum, Andromeda

 

November 2008

Orion Premium 190mm F/5.3 Mak-Newt Astrograph OTA; How Dark Is Your Sky?; Constellation in Focus: Cassiopeia

 

October 2008

Books for Autumn reading; The North Star: A moving target; Constellation in Focus: Pegasus

 

September 2008

Top 10 observing experiences; A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part III; Constellation in Focus: Cygnus

 

August 2008

A Heavenly Choir of Angles, Part II; Spectacular Summer Sights: Shooting Stars; Mars Phoenix Mission: Revelations Abound; Constellation in Focus: Sagittarius

 

July 2008

Heavenly Choir of Angles; Pluto by Any Other Name; Constellation in Focus: Hercules

 

June 2008

Mars Too Salty for Life?; Canada's Largest Optical Telescope is in Trouble; Constellation in Focus: Coma Berenices

 

May 2008

Spring Fever; Astronomy Day; Constellation in Focus: Virgo

 

April 2008

New Kink in Sun's Strange Corona; Oldest-Known Asteroids in Solar System Identified; In Focus: The Big Dipper and Canes Venatici

 

March 2008

Get Addiction Help Now; See Saturn Now: Lord of the Rings Rocks; Constellation in Focus: Cancer

 

February 2008

Astronomy's Dirty Little Secret; Solar System Dance for Kids; Constellation in Focus: Auriga

 

January 2008

History vs. Starry Night?; Starry Night? Apollo; Taurus

 

December 2007

Comet Holmes (17P); Star of Bethlehem; Stocking Stuffers; Constellation in Focus: Gemini

 

November 2007

Browse the Universe on Your iPhone, iPod touch and Blackberry; The Great Starry Night® Solar System Challenge; Constellation in Focus: Cetus

 

October 2007
StarShoot™ Solar System Color Imager II; Fun with Starry Night®: Go There; Orion® StarShoot™ Photo Contest Results; Constellation in Focus: Aquarius

 

September 2007

Finding and Observing Uranus; Orion® VersaGo Mount; Aurigid Meteor Shower Peaks September 1; Constellation in Focus: Capricornus

 

August 2007

Eclipse at Dawn; Star Charts for Planning Observations; August Meteor Shower Will Be 'A Great Show'; Constellation in Focus: Lyra

 

July 2007

A very different Jupiter; Celestron NexStar 6E review; Close encounter of a planetary kind, Orion photo contest; Constellation in Focus: Scorpius

 

June 2007

Sensational Summer Sights!; Appointment with Venus; Shooting the Moon; Imaginova® (Orion®) Interviewed at the NorthEast Astronomy Forum (NEAF); Constellation in Focus: Coma Berenices

 

May 2007

Starry Night Widget version 1.1.0: Faster and Better than Ever; New Starry Night K-12 Curriculum Versions Now Available; May 19 is International Sidewalk Astronomy Night; Viewing Vesta the Asteroid; Finding Osiris, an exoplanet with an atmosphere that contains water; Constellation in Focus: Leo

 

April 2007

Starry Night in the News: Popular Science Editor Praises Starry Night; Starry Night Widget Hits Top 5 of Apple's Dashboard Downloads; Starry Night Middle School and High School SMART Board?? interactive whiteboard Ready; Visit us at Booth #490 at NSTA - St. Louis; The Lion of Spring; Messier Marathon (Part 2 of 2): What Really Happened?; Constellation in Focus: Crater.

 

March 2007

Messier Marathon (Part 1 of 2): Walk, Don't Run!; Ambush an Asteroid; Starry Night on the Road: Celebration of Teaching and Learning, March 23-24, New York City and National Science Teachers Association Conference, March 29-31, St. Louis, MO; To Pluto, by Jove!; Invitation to Participate in National Astronomy Education Survey; Constellation in Focus: Orion

 

February 2007

Breaking News: Sky and Telescope Review of Starry Night Bluestar Telescope Adapter, Capturing the Lord of the Rings: Tips on Imaging Saturn, How Far are the Constellations?, Two Eyes are Better than One, FREE Starry Night 6.0.4 Update, Amazing Images: Comet McNaught, Constellation in Focus: Canis Major

 

January 2007

Happy Perihelion, Cold Weather Observing, Starry Night Middle School Adopted in Arkansas, FREE Starry Night 6.0.3 Update, Constellation in Focus: Perseus

 

December 2006

'Tis the Season to be Jolly. Why? - The Winter Solstice, Stocking Stuffers, Buying a Telescope?, Try a Pair of Binoculars, Starry Night Digital Download New Version 6, Constellation in Focus: Cetus

 

November 2006

Robbinsdale Area Schools Purchase District License of Starry Night Middle School, Become A Starry Night Affiliate!, FREE Nov. 8 Mercury Transit Viewer's Guide, Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Expected Nov. 18, Review of OrionR StarBlast™ 4.5 EQ Reflector and OrionR Expanse™ Eyepieces, Starry NightR 6.0.1 Update Now Available, Starry NightR On The Road: Fall Shows, Constellations in Focus: Pegasus

 

October 2006

Brighter Space Station Might Rival Venus in Night Sky,Alas, Poor Pluto!, Blame Me For The Weather, Telescope Myths, Review of OrionR StarShoot™ Solar System Color Imaging Camera, Starry NightR On The Road: Fall Shows, Constellations in Focus: Aries, Triangulum, Andromeda

 

September 2006

Geoff Gaherty's Top 4 Favorite Features of New Starry Night Version 6, Other New Features of Starry Night Version 6, Constellation in Focus: Cygnus

 

August 2006

Catching 2004 XP14, From the Small Screen to the Big Dome, Spitz Digital Institute, Starfest - August 24-27, Now is the Time to See Neptune, Constellation in Focus: Sagittarius

 

July 2006

Observing the Red Spots on Jupiter, Orion's 100mm ED versus Tele Vue's 85mm, Astronomy Day Contest Winner,Research Confirms Starry NightR is Highly Effective Science Instructional Tool, Observing Alert - July 3, Asteroid 2004 XP14 passes within 430,000 KM (268,000 miles) of the Earth, Bluestar Video Tutorial, Constellation in Focus: Hercules,

 

June 2006

Starry Night on the Road (NSTA and NEAF), Attention New Mexico Teachers: Starry Night Middle School and High School Adopted, Star Hopping Primer, Old Scope: New Tricks, Constellation in Focus: Virgo

 

May 2006

Hot off the Press - Not 'Geeks' but 'Intellectually Curious', Astronomy Day: May 6 Contest, Total Solar Eclipse Report from Libya, Starry Night Education Awards, How to View Comet

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 in Starry Night, Constellation in Focus: Canes Venatici

 

April 2006

Starry Night Workshops at NSTA Anaheim (April 6-8), Astronomy Day: May 6, Smart Star-Art Activity for Young Astronomers, Constellation in Focus: Hydra

 

FREE Download: Welcome Guide to Astronomy PDF

 

March 2006

Special Solar Eclipse Edition Hot off the Press - Sky & Telescope Magazine, April 2006 Review of Starry Night(r) Pro Plus, And the Sun has Perished out of Heaven: Eclipse Lore and Legend, Darkness at Noon: The Solar Eclipse March 29, 2006, Adventures of an Eclipse Chaser, Guide to new features and fixes in version 5.8.2, Starry Night(r) BlueStar: A Wireless Wonder!, New Comet - POJMANSKI (C/2006 A1), Constellation in Focus: Cancer

 

February 2006

Gung Hay Fat Choy: The Story of the Chinese New Year, The Riddle of Mercury, Move beyond “Cyclops Viewing” with the Orion Binocular Viewer, Saturn visits the Beehive while the Moon visits the Pleiades, Constellation in Focus: Auriga

 

January 2006

Saturn through the Ages, Easy Telescope Targets, The Lure of Variable Stars, Recent Praise for Starry Night Pro Plus, Constellation in Focus: Taurus

 

December 2005

Stocking Stuffers, NEW BlueStar Adapter, Constellation in Focus: Cassiopeia, Amazing Images Contest Winner

 

October-November 2005

NEW Starry Night 5.7 Update, Starhopping 101, Constellation in Focus: Aquarius, Amazing Images Contest

 

September 2005

Mars Special Edition Now is the time to observe Mars, A Webcam Primer: Secrets of AstroPhotography, Constellation in Focus: Capricornus, Amazing Images Contest

 

August 2005

First Steps in the Deep Sky, Old World/New Worlds, Sneak Peak & On the Road, Constellation in Focus: Sagittarius

 

July 2005

Target: The Three Realms, Comet Contributions, Product Praise and Announcements, Constellation in Focus: Scorpius

 

June 2005

Target: Comet 9P/Tempel 1, Locating Comet Tempel 1 in Starry Night, Constellation in Focus: Coma Berenices

 

May 2005

Target: Middle School, Constellation in Focus: Virgo

 

April 2005

Target: Starry Night Pro Plus, Constellation in Focus: Leo, MacWorld Giveaway Winners, Free Starry Night 5.0.5 Update

 

March 2005

Target: AllSky, Constellation in Focus: Big Dipper and Canes Venatici

 

February 2005

Target: Sky Surfing, Constellation in Focus: Canis Major

 

January 2005

Target: Exploring Orion, Constellation in Focus: Orion, Saturn: Lord of the Rings

 

December 2004

Target: Star of Bethlehem, Constellation in Focus: Perseus, Christmas in the Heavens, Comet Machholz