On Wednesday May 20 the Sun enters the sign Gemini. This gives us a rather good way of seeing the difference between “signs” and constellations.
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On Wednesday May 20 the Sun enters the sign Gemini. This gives us a rather good way of seeing the difference between “signs” and constellations.
Continue reading “The difference made by two thousand years”
I opened my eyes around half past three in the morning and saw a drop of dew Continue reading “The Swan in Heaven’s River”
On the morning of Tuesday May 12 comes this concentration of three bright bodies within a circle less than 5 degrees wide.
Venus will reach the most northerly point in its whole eight-year cycle, on the evening of Monday May 3 for America.
The evening sky has changed –
We’ve succeeded in moving from rural Dorset, where this was the view out of our window –
One of the benefits of a year when Venus is heading for its northernmost point in the eight-year cycle is that on the way it visits the most famous of star clusters.
In spring the Earth is smiling
February 29 is Leap Day, that occurs only once in four years.
Here for a change is the sky of the deep night, looking north.