Chris Vaughan
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Vaughan, ON, Canada
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Exploring Mars at Opposition using Starry Night
After months of waiting, Mars has finally taken center stage in the night sky for skywatchers all around the world! → Read More
How to spot the bright Comet NEOWISE using mobile apps
Skywatchers the world over are buzzing about Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), the first easily-visible comet to appear in years. Your favorite mobile astronomy app can tell you if the comet is visible from your location, and where and when to look for it. → Read More
Mobile astronomy: Put the Milky Way in your pocket with 'Our Galaxy' smartphone app
A new fun and educational app called 'Our Galaxy' lets smartphone users explore the cosmos from the palm of their hand. → Read More
How to Use Mobile Astronomy Apps to View the Mercury Transit of 2019
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll highlight the transit of Mercury and tell you how to use your favorite astronomy app to preview it and follow the progress of speedy Mercury across the disk of the sun. → Read More
Put Apollo 11 in Your Pocket with SkySafari 6
Smartphones and tablets contain far more computing power than the Apollo 11 Lunar Module did. And our favorite mobile astronomy apps now put the universe at our fingertips. → Read More
Ride Along with the Apollo 11 Crew on Their Historic First Lunar Landing Mission!
Starry Night software lets you track the Apollo 11 mission. → Read More
Blood Moon 2019: Use Mobile Astronomy Apps to Plan Your Lunar Eclipse Party!
Your favorite mobile astronomy app can help you plan for the upcoming total lunar eclipse. → Read More
Experience New Horizons' Encounter with a New World using Mobile Apps
At 12:33 a.m. EST on Jan. 1, 2019, a robotic emissary of humankind will fly past a never-seen-before world in the outer solar system. Here's how to watch with mobile apps. → Read More
Seeing the Best Night-Sky Sights of Autumn Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll highlight some of autumn nights' best objects for unaided eyes, binoculars and backyard telescopes. → Read More
Watch Stars Drift and Constellations Change Shape Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll focus on wandering stars and how to see them using mobile apps. → Read More
Spotting the Comets of 2018 and Tracking Their Spectacular Encounters Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Stargazing, we'll tell you how to use your favorite astronomy app to hunt down Comet 21P. We'll also present a timeline of events that will give you the opportunity to see or photograph the comet in picturesque settings. → Read More
The Best Mobile Apps for Spotting and Identifying Orbiting Satellites and Iridium Flares
If you spend time gazing at the stars on a clear night, you're guaranteed to see a satellite or two passing among them. But how do you know what you've seen? → Read More
Making the Most of the 2018 Perseid Meteor Shower Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll focus on how to use your mobile app to plan your observing session, offer tips for seeing the most meteors, and point out some special features to look for. → Read More
How to Use Mobile Apps to Watch Mars' Closest Approach Since 2003
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll discuss why mobile apps are an ideal tool for telling you why this encounter is happening, when and where to see the Red Planet and what to look for in your telescope. → Read More
Using Mobile Apps to Explore Pluto at Opposition
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll show you how to find Pluto and perhaps even see it for yourself. We'll also fly you out to Pluto and watch the Earth and moon cross the sun's disk in a rare planetary alignment. → Read More
Put a Personal Astronomer in Your Pocket Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, I'll tell you how to download a free astronomy app for your mobile device that puts a personal astronomer in your pocket. → Read More
Touring the Galactic 'Zoo' This Spring, Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll examine how galaxies are classified and how your mobile astronomy app can help you see these denizens of the galactic zoo through your telescope. → Read More
Exploring the Apollo Moon Missions Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Astronomy, we'll describe some of what the Apollo missions accomplished and tell you how to use mobile apps to find where those missions landed. → Read More
Run the 'Messier Marathon' to Finish This Astronomical Bucket List
French astronomer Charles Messier's list of the best and brightest showpieces in the night sky is popular with skywatchers of all experience levels. → Read More
How to Track Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Using Mobile Apps
In this edition of Mobile Stargazing, we'll tell you how to use mobile apps to track Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, understand its orbit and find out when it might be visible in telescopes on Earth. → Read More