Astronomy articles

Astronomy magazine

This is the largest circulating magazine on the subject in the world.

Observing Peculiar Galaxies, February 1981

Observing Peculiar Galaxies, February 1981

Observing Edge-On Galaxies, May 1982

Observing Edge-On Galaxies, May 1982

Observing the Autumn Galaxies, October 1983

Observing the Autumn Galaxies, October 1983

Galaxy Hunting Around the Big Dipper, March 1989

Galaxy Hunting around the Big Dipper, March 1989

Split a Star in Two, December, 1989

Great Summer Planetaries, May 1990

Observing Nebulosities in Cygnus, June, 1990

Splashy Summer Star Clusters, September, 1990

Magnificent Orion, November, 1990

Exploring the Virgo Cluster, March, 1991


The Wonders of the Coma Cluster, June 1991

The wonders of the Coma Cluster, June 1991

Observing Bright Planetary Nebulae, September, 1991


Observing the Andromeda Galaxy, November, 1991

Observing the Andromeda Galaxy, November, 1991

Book Review – Beyond the Solar System, July 1993

Book Review – Beyond the Solar System, July 1993

Distant Galactic Silhouettes: Observing Dusty Galaxies, 1993

Observing Celestial Powerhouses, 1993-4

Desperately Seeking Spirals, 1993-4

Deep Sky Objects in Odd Places, 1994


Twelve Splendid Spirals, April, 1995

Twelve Splendid Spirals, April, 1995

Seeing the Unseen, March, 1996

Seeing the Unseen, March, 1996

Observing Tiny Planetaries at High Power, 1996-7


Summer’s Magnificent Swan Song, August 1997

Summer’s Magnificent Swan Song, August 1997

Touring a Stellar Graveyard, December, 1997

Touring a Stellar Graveyard, December, 1997

Seeing into Violent Corners, March, 1998

Seeing into Violent Corners, March, 1998

All About M31, Explore the Universe, 2001


My Favorite Objects, February 2002 (My shortest article)

My Favorite Objects, February 2002 (My shortest article - see below)
I was invited to write this “shorticle.”

Watching a Celestial Ballet, August, 2002

Watching a Celestial Ballet, August, 2002

Exploring the Pinwheel, November 2003

Exploring the Pinwheel, November 2003

A Spiral Masterpiece, May 2005

A Spiral Masterpiece, May 2005

Observing Celestial Odd Couples, January 2008

Observing Celestial Odd Couples, January 2008

Explore the Gem of the Milky Way, June 2009

Explore the Gem of the Milky Way, June 2009

Watch as Galaxies Collide, November 2009

Watch as Galaxies Collide, November 2009

Create the Ultimate Observing Chart for Free Mar 2012

Create the Ultimate Observing Chart for Free Mar 2012

Ten Great Hits from an Obscure Catalogue, Dec. 2012

Ten Great Hits from an Obscure Catalogue, Dec. 2012

Target Hubble’s Galaxy Classes, May, 2013

Target Hubble’s Galaxy Classes, May, 2013

Discover the Ultraviolent Sky, July, 2013

Discover the ultraviolent sky, July, 2013

Set Your Sights on the Great Rift, July, 2015

Set Your Sights on the Great Rift, July, 2015

Finding Our Place in the Milky Way, August, 2015

Finding Our Place in the Milky Way, August, 2015

Finding Our Place in the Milky Way, Reprinted in Discover magazine, May 2016)


An NGC Primer, Sept. 2018

An NGC Primer, Sept. 2018

Explore Nearby Deep-Sky Gems, November, 2018

Explore nearby Deep-Sky Gems, November, 2018

Cosmic Catalogs You Can Use, February, 2019

Cosmic Catalogs you can use, February, 2019

View Earth Through a Cosmic Lens, August, 2020

View Earth Through a Cosmic Lens, August, 2020

Discover the Strangest Galaxies in the Sky, Sept. 2021

Discover the Strangest Galaxies in the Sky, Sept. 2021

Looking for Galaxies in All the Wrong Places, Oct. 2021

Looking for Galaxies in All the Wrong Places, Oct. 2021

101 Must See Cosmic Objects, Jan. 2022

Planetary Nebulae in Color, Mar. 2022

Explore 10 Great Open Clusters (In the Summer Triangle), July 2022

Target 10 Galaxy Groups, May 2023


101 Weirdest Cosmic Objects, Jan. 2024

101 Weirdest Cosmic Objects, Jan. 2024

Take a Trip to the North Galactic Pole, Nov. 2025

Take a Trip to the North Celestial Pole, in the November 2025 ASTRONOMY magazine.

Stargazing Under City Lights, June 2026

Explores why stargazing in light-polluted skies is easy with plenty of targets.

Deep Sky Monthly

29 articles between July 1977 and January 1982 – it became Deep Sky magazine in 1983.


Deep Sky magazine

Observing the Local Group, Fall 1983

DSM Reviews: Atlas of the Andromeda Galaxy, Winter 1983

Tilting Spiral Galaxies, Fall 1985

Observing Interacting Galaxies, Spring 1987

Ten Years of DSM, Summer 1987

Surveying Autumn’s Planetary Nebulae, Fall 1987

Observing the Classification of Galaxies, Fall, 1989


The Deep Sky

The quarterly publication of the National Deep Sky Observer’s Society, an organization I founded in high school

Galaxies: Observing the Deep Realm, Winter, 2000

Galaxies: Observing the Deep Realm, The Deep Sky, Winter, 2000