"Skies" has been published since November, 1997 as a monthly Astronomy newsletter for Enerdyne Inc. (http://www.enerdynet.com), a rather unique retail science/nature store with an well equipped optics department in Suttons Bay, MI, owned operated by Dick and his wife Pat since 1980. Dick is a retired college professor of Astronomy, Geology, and Environmental Science (1970—2000). He has been an amateur astronomer since the 1956 apparition of Mars and had the advantage of introducing students to the wonders of astronomy with the telescopes of Northwestern Michigan College's Rogers Observatory (http://www.nmc.edu/rogersobservatory/) since its construction was completed in 1981.   2007 Skies   2006 Skies   2005 Skies   2004 Skies   2003 Skies April Skies (2008) [Article]  | 04/02/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Sunspots, April Moon. . . April Skies 2007 [Article]  | 04/02/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, April Moon. . . April Skies 2009 [Article]  | 04/01/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Easter, Meteors, April Moon Focus Constellations: Ursa Major, Draco, Ursa Minor, Ceph. . . August Skies (2008) [Article]  | 07/31/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, August Moon. . . August Skies 2007 [Article]  | 08/06/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, August Moon and Total Eclipse. . . August Skies 2009 [Article]  | 08/06/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Impact, Meteors, August Moon. . . December Skies (2007) [Article]  | 12/04/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Winter Solstice, December Moon. . . December Skies (2008) [Article]  | 12/10/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Winter Solstice, Meteors, December Moon. . . February (2007) Skies [Article]  | 01/31/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, February . . . February (2008) Skies [Article]  | 02/05/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Lunar Eclipse, February Moon. . . February Skies 2009 [Article]  | 02/05/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, February Moon. . . January Skies (2008) [Article]  | 01/02/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Perihelion & Aphelion, Perigee & Apogee, Sunrise & Sunset, January Moon. . . January Skies (2009) [Article]  | 01/02/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Orbital Puzzles, Meteors, January Moon. . . July (2007) Skies [Article]  | 07/03/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Deep Space, July Moon. . . July Skies (2008) [Article]  | 07/07/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Noctilucent Clouds, July Moon. . . July Skies 2009 [Article]  | 07/01/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Dark Skies, Meteors, July Moon. . . June (2008) Skies [Article]  | 06/03/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Summer Solstice, June Moon. . . June Skies 2009 [Article]  | 06/01/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Summer Solstice, Meteors, June Moon. . . March (2007) Skies [Article]  | 02/27/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Vernal Equinox, March Moon. . . March (2009) Skies [Article]  | 03/09/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Spring Equinox, Meteors, March Moon. . . March Skies (2008) [Article]  | 03/04/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Spring Equinox, March Moon. . . May Skies (2007) [Article]  | 05/05/07 | by Dick Cookman Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, May Moons. . . May Skies 2008 [Article]  | 05/01/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Peering into the Abyss, May Moon. . . May Skies 2009 [Article]  | 05/01/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Sunspots, Meteors, May Moon. . . November Skies (2007) [Article]  | 11/02/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, November Moon . . . November Skies (2008) [Article]  | 11/05/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, November Moon. . . November Skies 2009 [Article]  | 11/02/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Depths of Space, November Moon. . . October Skies (2007) [Article]  | 10/01/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, October Moon . . . October Skies (2008) [Article]  | 10/04/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, October . . . October Skies 2009 [Article]  | 10/04/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, October Moon. . . September Skies (2007) [Article]  | 09/06/07 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Fall Equinox, Harvest Moon. . . September Skies (2008) [Article]  | 09/02/08 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Autumnal Equinox, Meteors, September Moon. . . September Skies 2009 [Article]  | 09/01/09 | by Dick Cookman Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Autumnal Equinox, Meteors, September Moon. . .