Welcome to my online universe!

Thank you for visiting my online realm. This is the website of Roy Kaelin.

This is where you can see how artists can work with pencil, how authors wield the pen, and how astronomers watch the skies.  I have interests in all of these areas, so I've carved out this corner of the cosmos to bring to you a few samples of these interests.

For a number of years I've drawn portraits of pets and wildlife in my favorite media of pencil and pen-and-ink, written popular astronomy articles and stories of science fiction, and have constructed a variety of telescopes with which to observe the heavens.

On these pages I detail some of my endeavors.  Also when you visit here, click for new things sifting in from all corners of the cosmos all the time. 

Check this site often for a new installment every month of Sky Roundup, which features what you can see on a clear night from the Great Lakes region, particularly across the great Midwest.  For every month, I post the night-sky highlights as seen from the heartland, including star charts that show what you can see and where to look.

Also, be certain to check the Sky Roundup Almanac that lists significant astronomical events and the local times at which you can view them best.

Check out both sobering and silly stuff from the colonized side of the universe in News Across the Cosmos, where I collect and relay an extended summary of viewpoints on a given topic from the world of science under the title, It's all geek to me.

You can also look at unique astronomical venues in my Cool Cosmic Places, which usually includes a favorite observatory or observing locale to visit online or perhaps in person.

If you're a teacher or a professional who also teaches at one's place of work, please take time to complete an education survey at the page marked Take a Survey.

Or, read about a neat A New Telescope I've designed and had built that makes it easy for most observers to view the night sky in relative comfort. 

Or, read a summary of my recent book, The Star Machine and Other Tales, a collection of science-fiction short stories for all ages.  Find the page that gives you a synopsis at Launch of My Book. 

You can order hardcover editions and paperbacks online from several fine booksellers, one from which you can link to at this website.

Or, if you prefer to navigate away (and I don't why you would!), then click on my Links to Other Worlds to visit fun family-friendy sites around the online universe.

Dash off an email to me.  It won't get lost in the aether!