Hal Bidlack

Mars does a disappearing act in the early morning sky on February 18.

This week on Looking up Hal informs us about a star named Porrima. But is it one star or two?

This week on Looking Up Hal grabs a celestial lion by the tail. One of my favorite constellations is Leo the Lion, now rising in the east after sunset.

This week on Looking Up Hal doubles our pleasure and doubles our fun by revealing some of the secrets of the Gemini Twins.

This week’s Looking Up has a certain flow to it as Hal talks about the river constellation.

Fortunately, our very own star won’t be falling down from the sky anytime soon.

This week on Looking Up Hal gets around to telling us about an asterism visible in the night sky this time of year – the Winter Circle.

Yes, the darkest days are still ahead but spring can’t be too far behind as we learn on Looking Up this week.

This week on Looking Up Hal informs us about a beautiful cosmic conjunction in our evening sky.

This week on Looking Up Hal speaks of the star Furud, which means “the solitary one”.

This week on Looking Up we are California Nebula dreamin’.

This week Looking Up reaches a milestone episode.

The planet Mercury will transit the sun on November 11th, and you’re invited to the party!

This week on Looking Up Hal kneels at the throne of Cassiopeia in order to pay homage to the star Ruchbah.

This week on Looking Up Hal goes to Plan B, which is always good to have if you’re heading into outer space.

This week on Looking Up we go on a planet hunt with Hal. How many of the 8 planets can you see? (sorry, Pluto fans, there are 8).