When I was a kid in the 1950s, my dad was active in the East Bay Astronomical Society. Every month the society held a meeting at Chabot Observatory and I […]
Summer is coming. Warm days are getting warmer and soon the intense heat of Summer will be upon us. Now it is the end of Spring. In the photo below, […]
My father was a man obsessed with time. He was a master watchmaker and an engineer. His specialty in life was measuring time and matching events to the ticks of […]
On April 8, 2024, a total eclipse of the sun will be visible across North America. “A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby […]