Joe's Astro Stuff

Blog 172 — A Flaming Star

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City A dim nebular cloud and its associated star, known as…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City This is the first of a two-part series Consider an…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City This is the second of a two-part series In the…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City filed July 21, 2025 Last October I went trolling for…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City It took three months to reach this point, while Spring’s great…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City The constellation Andromeda’s most famous galaxy is the easiest of…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City These nights the Helix Nebula is about as high as it…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City Probably most astronomy lovers have heard of or seen the…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City Frisco Peak, the highest point of southern Utah’s San Francisco…

By Joe Bauman, Salt Lake City Last November, when the Moon was just two nights past…