... Living in a world of digital ima ging, he discover ed the best wa y to inspect large portions of the Kuiper Belt was to utilize the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar to photograph large sections of the sky Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse By Joseph A. Fedrick The night of December 20-21 was partially clouded with a thin la yer of high ice clouds that around 10 caused a dim halo of light to surround the Moon. ... Winter's most brilliant stars are at their best in the early evening. ...