Hal Bidlack

This week Hal sheds light on the Saturn Nebula.   How many Saturn’s do you see in the night sky? Well, right now, the answer could be two!

Hal discusses the big, bright, strange supergiant star Enif in the constellation Pegasus. Enif of a good thing is visible in southern Colorado skies right now.

This Independence Day Hal briefs us on the Juno Mission to Jupiter.   It was just about one year ago that the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto.

This week Hal discusses Dschubba, a star (or 4) located in the head of Scorpius the Scorpion.

This week Hal talks about the Summer Solstice.

This week Hal revisits Saturn.   We’ve talked before about things that make you say wow, when you see them in the night sky.

This week Hal lets us know what that bright red object in the night sky is.   What’s bright and red and pretty darn close right now?

This week Hal overflows with information about Dubhe, a star in the Big Dipper.   The most famous constellation in the sky, for most people, isn’t actually a constellation.

This week Hal tells us about another Messier object – M61.   We talked before about French astronomer Charles Messier and his famous list of astronomical objects.

  This week Hal tells us about a relatively close star – Denebola, which marks the tip of the lion’s tail in the constellation Leo the Lion.   You’ve heard the expression, “catch […]

This week Hal tells us about the not so speedy transit of Mercury.   Did the Sun look a little dimmer to you today? Well, no.

  This week Hal tells us about M104, otherwise known as the Sombrero Galaxy.

This week Hal introduces us to Io, another one of Jupiter’s Galilean moons.   Last week we talked about the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede.

This week Hal talks about Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.   One of the brightest objects in the night sky for southern Colorado and northern New Mexico listeners right […]

This week special guest host Bruce Bookout lets us know all about a beautiful double star cluster located right between Cassiopeia and Perseus.  Everyone likes looking at babies.

  This week Hal introduces us to NGC 457, otherwise known as the Owl Cluster, alias the E.T. Cluster. We humans have brains that are wired to recognize patterns.