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Fish out of hiding

The four-planet crowd in the dawn twilight is better placed Continue reading “Fish out of hiding”

Author GuyPosted on 2026-04-162026-04-16Categories art, astronomyTags Dutch painting, Frans Hals, Hals, Pisces, planets4 Comments on Fish out of hiding

Vernal equinox

We have to be careful about calling it the spring equinox, Continue reading “Vernal equinox”

Author GuyPosted on 2026-03-192026-03-19Categories art, astronomy, calendar, seasons, time, languageTags equinox, Ingres, seasons6 Comments on Vernal equinox

Hovering low over the garden planet

Further to the subject of large colorful information-packed posters Continue reading “Hovering low over the garden planet”

Author GuyPosted on 2026-01-23Categories art, astronomy, climate, environment, geometry1 Comment on Hovering low over the garden planet

Turner and Constable at the Tate Britain

I like Turner as a painter who kept developing. Continue reading “Turner and Constable at the Tate Britain”

Author GuyPosted on 2025-11-282026-03-07Categories artTags JMW Turner, painting, Tate Britain, Turner1 Comment on Turner and Constable at the Tate Britain

Eclipsed Moon and Genius

In the night between September 17 and 18, Continue reading “Eclipsed Moon and Genius”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-09-152026-03-07Categories art, astronomyTags ecli[ses, oil painting, Vincent Van Gogh8 Comments on Eclipsed Moon and Genius

Moon, Saturn, and the imaginary far beyond

The Moon will pass 0.44° north or Saturn in the night between August 20 and 21, close enough Continue reading “Moon, Saturn, and the imaginary far beyond”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-08-202026-03-07Categories art, astronomy, mythologyTags ancient cosmology, crystalline spheres, Flammarion, geocentric cosmology, Moon, occultations, Saturn, starry sphere2 Comments on Moon, Saturn, and the imaginary far beyond

Austral fish and Aussie Rowe

Fomalhaut is the 18th brightest star of the night skies – brighter than Deneb, Regulus, Castor. But it is far south, Continue reading “Austral fish and Aussie Rowe”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-07-162026-03-07Categories art, astronomy, history, archaeology, personsTags Alan Rowe, etynology, Fomalhaut2 Comments on Austral fish and Aussie Rowe

Submerged

 

The Moon will occult (hide) Neptune tomorrow, Continue reading “Submerged”

Author GuyPosted on 2023-09-272026-03-07Categories art, astronomyTags Facebook, Neptune, occultations, plamets, social media2 Comments on Submerged

Right-angles left of the Sun

Jupiter looms ahead.tt Continue reading “Right-angles left of the Sun”

Author GuyPosted on 2023-08-062026-03-07Categories art, astronomyTags Jupiter, Zeus5 Comments on Right-angles left of the Sun

Return to tower and lake

Believe it or not, I’m quite well along in making Astronomical Calendar 2024, and here Continue reading “Return to tower and lake”

Author GuyPosted on 2023-07-142026-03-07Categories art, astronomy, placesTags eclipses, total solar eclipse, total solar eclipse 2024 April 81 Comment on Return to tower and lake

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