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Our Constant, Changing Moon
By Monica Young The theme for this year's Global Astronomy Month is the Moon. No wonder! The Moon is often the first thing a toddler recognizes in the night sky, yet its ancient history draws in skywatchers with many years of experience under their belts. This simple orb embodies incredible layers of complexity and contradictions — let's look at a few of them. 1. Bright vs. Dark The full Moon lights up our night skies, blocking out all but the brightest stars — in fact, it's so blindingly bright through a telescope, you're best off using a polarized filter lest...
The Moon: Our Constant Companion
By Mike Simmons The Moon – the theme for this year's edition of Global Astronomy Month (GAM) – outshines every other celestial object in its ability to inspire. From a bad omen to a sign of love, the Earth's Moon has been important in cultures throughout the ages. For denizens of brightly-lit modern cities it's practically the only nighttime object anyone ever notices. The Moon can also play a role in connecting our planet's inhabitants. A government minister in Kurdistan (Iraq) once told me how, during a visit to California in the US, he was talking to someone in Iraq...
