Category Archives: In The Night Sky

Observing Aurora

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on December 19th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Thanks to another audience request, we’ll start with a video, sent by Sally, which an in depth analysis of recent aurora surges. This … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: VRO Tech

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on October 10th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Last month, we barely scratched the surface of a new and very complicated observatory – VRO – the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: The Elliptical Galaxy

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on September 19th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ There are three major types of galaxies. There are Elliptical, spiral and irregular galaxies. We covered spiral galaxies in a previous episode on … Continue reading →

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Rubin Comet Chasers

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on August 1st at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ “Rubin Observatory, with the help of Rubin Comet Catchers, is poised to discover an unprecedented number of comets, active asteroids, and other rare … Continue reading →

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Next Generation Space Station

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on April 18th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ We kept talking about it, now we’re going to do it! What happens once the International Space Station is decommissioned and deorbited? About … Continue reading →

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OBSERVATION DECK: International Space Station

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on March 28th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ To Deorbit or Not To Deorbit? Next Friday, we will discuss the International Space Station (ISS). How did it come to be, how … Continue reading →

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How To Prepare For An Eclipse!

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on March 7th at 9pm Pacific time! Visit AstrotourismConcierge.com to find our YouTube channel! With 2 eclipses coming this month, we wanted to help you prepare … Continue reading →

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SPLUS: Science Hunters

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on November 8th at 9pm Pacific time! “Welcome to the S-PLUS project! The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is a Brazilian-led and coordinated project that employs a robotic telescope located … Continue reading →

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Help Us Welcome Bob Stoffregen!

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on July 12th at 9pm Pacific time! Are you ready to learn how to take better pictures, especially of the night sky? If you are, you’ll want to stop by next … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: Astronomical Spectroscopy

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 17th at 9pm Pacific time! “Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray, … Continue reading →

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