May a happy year start for you tomorrow! And may no stones fall from the sky on your head!
Month: December 2021
Christmas evening sky
Mercury and Venus, and their father Jupiter and grandfather Saturn, beam down on you with their fervent wish that life on their fellow planet will brighten in the coming year. Continue reading “Christmas evening sky”
Whose solstice?
The solstice, the “Sun-standing” at its highest or lowest in our sky, comes relentlessly around every year, so what can be new about it? Continue reading “Whose solstice?”
All Five again
We discussed on August 18 the spans of time when all five naked-eye planets are visible, or at least above the horizon.
It’s taken me all the time since then to master this topic, since it’s not simple. Continue reading “All Five again”
The Geminids and the son of the Sun
This is annual meteor shower is one of the most reliably strong. It will be at its peak in the night of December 13/14.
New candles and old calendars
Hanukkah this year began at nightfall on Sunday November 28 and will end at nightfall on Monday December 6. So, if you are Jewish, like some of my kin, light this evening the fifth of the nine candles of the menorah.
