Journal of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York September 2007 Volume 55 Number 9, ISSN 0146-7662 EYEPIECE Astronomy Enters the New World of iPods and Podcasts By Edward J. Fox "Pods" have always been a part of space jargon and space lore. ... DAVE: "My God...it's full of stars!" ... On September 8 from 8 p. m. to midnight, area astronomy clubs will gather at Custer Institute for a star party. ... New telescopes are coming online all the time, and most are amateur telescopes," Ferris notes. ...

... Hazy skies usually mean steady skies, and steady air is just what the doctor ordered for observing planets and double stars. Mars is well past opposition and becoming less an item of interest as it shrinks in size, but Jupiter and Saturn are well placed in the early morning August sky. ... Their magnitudes are 4.2 and 6.0. ... It has an easily observed 10.6 magnitude central star. ... Cygnus is also host to a lot of small open star clusters that stand up to inspection under hazy skies. ...