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Month: October 2015

Close past

Mars and Jupiter only 0.38 of a degree apart in the morning sky.

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I say little more

Moon and Saturn in evening sky
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Its Name Means Sky

Uranus is at opposition tonight.

Uranus at opposition

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A density of meetings

Tomorrow morning the Moon will finish its plunge past a bright star and three bright planets by gliding less than a degree from little Mercury.

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Paperwork Reduction Act

These curious tunnels –

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Just as you end your all-night vigil

The dawn scene on the other side of the Sun will be rising into your weary view:

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-10-082016-11-17Categories astronomy, programmingTags astronomy, conjunctions, Draconid meteors, Jupiter, Moon, trios, Venus8 Comments on Just as you end your all-night vigil

Magical Dinosaur

If you see a shooting star around now, it likely is one of the meteors called Draconids.

Draconid meteors

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Our Galaxy, Toppled and Bleached

This tilted map of the summer Milky Way suddenly filled the screen in front of me. After a few moments it disappeared, and was replaced by a drawing of a rag doll.

Summr Milky Way map

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Circling Giants

Another small taste from upcoming Astronomical Calendar 2016

Jupiter-saturn conjunctions

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Comet we should’a visited

An interesting comet will be very near to Saturn this evening, which may help in finding it with a good telescopes or binoculars.

Comet 22P Kopff near Saturn

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