We’ve succeeded in moving from rural Dorset, where this was the view out of our window –
Category: astronomy
Pleiades passage
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.
Cheery Thought for a Scary Time
In spring the Earth is smiling
Leap day and March ahead
February 29 is Leap Day, that occurs only once in four years.
Draco and small relatives
Here for a change is the sky of the deep night, looking north.
New Moon, and new book
Here is Sunday’s sky before dawn.
Valentine Venus
Here’s the sky on the evening of Valentine’s Day.
Coronae
This is the nearest I can get, at this time of year, to showing you both of the heavenly Crowns.
Hada
I saw the eclipse of 1997 March 9 through a snowstorm near the northern edge of Mongolia. These objects –
Ring the bells for a tragedy?
On Black Friday, January 31, Britain will drop our of the European Union.
