Govert Schilling

focal pointThe Glory Dayswhen was amateur astronomy at its zenith? Travis K. Kircher wonders.Recently I found myself sifting through filing cabinets at the public library here in Louisville, Kentucky, searching for records of long-forgotten people and events. I came across a manila folder marked...

spectrumMy Always Bossy predecessor, Joe Ash-brook, once quipped that astronomers shouldn't live too long after they retire. Their contributions will soon be forgotten, and contemporaries to write incisive obituaries will die off.I'll bet only one reader in 100 recognizes the name Charles Federer,...

past two robots and then turn right" said the guy repairing a car. That bizarre direction to the Cape Town headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory was only the first of many Td receive during my 2,000-kilometer drive around the country. Not wanting to seem ignorant as well as...