Venus is passing south of Spica.

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That sounds pompous, I’ve borrowed it from the bulletins of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. But first —

Saturn, Antares, the First-Quarter Moon, Jupiter, Spica, and Venus – spread across the after-sunset sky.

This weekend’s high tides won’t really be the last, but they may be Continue reading “The last high tide”
This is an early notice: the best showing of these meteors should be in the night between August 12 and 13 (Sunday-Monday), but you may already have a chance to see a few of them.