
Looking Up: Something Old, Something New…
This week on Looking Up Hal introduces us to one of our galactic neighbors – Barnards’ Galaxy.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: A Tunnel Runs Through It
This week on Looking Up Hal guides us towards the very center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: 220 Million Years Old… Eh, You’re Just A Kid
This week on Looking Up Hal directs our attention to an open cluster of stars located in the tail of the Scorpion.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Hey Neighbor, Mind If I Borrow A Cup Of Hydrogen?
This week on Looking Up Hal tells the tale of a star in the tail of Scorpio. Hopefully, you’ve never had to deal with a really bad neighbor.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: There’s A Big Black Spot On The Sun Today…
And it’s definitely not ‘the same old thing as yesterday’. Today is the day that many folks throughout the Continental U.S.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Me And My Shadows…
This week on Looking Up Hal has some advice for those observers not in the path of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21st.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: What’s In A Name? That Which We Call Sargas…
This week on Looking Up Hal tells the strange tale of a star located in the tail of the scorpion. Have you ever had that “dead inside” feeling?

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: In Search Of Totality…
This week on Looking Up Hal advises us on some of the best ‘nearby’ locations to catch the total solar eclipse on August 21st, 2017.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: If It Looks Like A Duck…
This week on Looking Up we go hunting with Hal for one of the tightest and brightest of the open clusters in the sky , the Wild Duck Cluster.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Do Try This At Home (But Safety First!)
This week on Looking Up we get the first of several episodes that will be dedicated to the total solar eclipse coming in August.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Zeta O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
This week on Looking Up Hal reveals an ‘inconvenient truth’. Can I tell you the dirty little secret of the nonsense known as astrology?

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Messier’s Mistake
This week on Looking Up we learn the whereabouts of Messier’s missing galaxy.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: M98… Coming Soon To A Galaxy Near you
This week on Looking Up we continue our trek through the Virgo Super Cluster of Galaxies. So far in June we’ve talked about a couple of very interesting galaxies visible […]

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Very, Very Spinteresting
This week on Looking Up we learn about the “Dark Galaxy VIRGOHI21″, located in the constellation Coma Berenices. There is something very strange in the Southern Colorado sky right now – […]

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: Chain Gang
This week on Looking Up we link up with Hal to learn about the Markarian Chain of Galaxies. Some people like to wear chains.

By Hal Bidlack

Looking Up: King Snake
This week on Looking Up we learn the tale of Hydra the snake, the longest constellation in the night sky.

By Hal Bidlack