“Why We Look Up” is an ongoing monthly series for Sky & Telescope online. In this column, I explore the philosophy of stargazing and what fuels my passion for astronomy.
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2025
The Gift of Warmth (and Whimsy)
4 December 2025
Stargazing Opportunities Lost and Found
5 November 2025
Get Thee to a Dark Sky Site!
6 October 2025
Simply Stargazing
5 September 2025
Honoring the Women of Astronomy
5 August 2025
Building Community, One Star Party at a Time
30 June 2025
Vicarious Astronomy with Dad
5 June 2025
Galaxy Season: The Season of Wonder
5 May 2025
Step Out Into Darkness
4 April 2025
The Nights of Our Lives
6 March 2025
Modest Expectations Give Rise to Delight
3 February 2025
Celestial Resolutions
9 January 2025
2024
Starlit Generations
4 December 2024
Reclaiming the Beginner’s Mind of Stargazing
6 November 2024
Something Spooky in the Sky
7 October 2024
Following a Moon Shadow
4 September 2024
Enroll in the School of Stars
5 August 2024
The Fiery Heart of Antares
8 July 2024
Anticipation
6 June 2024
The Broadest Horizon
6 May 2024
Awe in the Shadow of a Partial Eclipse
3 April 2024
Moonshots: The Successful Failure of Peregrine One
6 March 2024
My Stellar Love Affair with the Pleiades
5 February 2024
Let Your Astronomy Nerd Flag Fly!
16 January 2024
2023
To the Stars, Through (or Despite) Hardship
6 November 2023
The Stars Are Waiting
11 October 2023
Cosmic Recovery
7 September 2023
Taking Deep Breaths of Starlight
3 August 2023
Let There Be Dark
3 July 2023
Confessions of a Photon Snob: Going Robotic
5 June 2023
Galaxy Quest!
3 May 2023
Cosmic Coregulation
3 April 2023
Sucker Holes
6 March 2023
On Burnout, the “Green Comet,” and White Dwarf Stars
6 February 2023
Why We Look Up: Star Stuff
5 January 2023
2022
Under Uncooperative Skies
5 December 2022
Become a Backyard Cosmic Explorer
31 October 2022
Beware the Astronomy Habit
3 October 2022
Stellar Confidence: On Impostor Syndrome in Amateur Astronomy
6 September 2022
Summer Insomnia
2 August 2022
Stargazing’s Lessons for Living
7 July 2022
Lunaphiles, Unite!
6 June 2022
In Praise of Small-Scope Astronomy
4 May 2022
Starlit Legacy
5 April 2022
Relief for What Ails You
7 March 2022
The Comfort and Delight of Celestial “Reruns”
8 February 2022
Stargazing with Ice Cold Enthusiasm
6 January 2022
2021
A Memorial in the Stars
14 December 2021
Stargazers: Community of Wonder
8 November 2021
Don’t Postpone Joy: Why We Stargaze
5 October 2021