From our Guest Blogger, Dr. David Levy, Skyward October 2025
Skyward for October 2025 By Doveed. a.k.a. David H. Levy It was late in the afternoon of 19 July, 1963. I was a 15-year-old patient at the time at the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, Colorado, and had begun my association with the Denver Astronomical Society. The people running the Asthma Home had generously granted permission for me to return home for a week in order to see a total eclipse of the Sun that would occur on Saturday, July 20. Late that afternoon the day before the eclipse, Dad awoke from a nap in a terrible mood. He turned towards Mom and said, “All David cares about are his damned stars.” Obviously I was upset to overhear his words but I let them pass. His mood improved, and...
