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Jupiter oppositions, now and ahead

Jupiter reaches its climax of observability in the night of May 8 for America, May 9 for Europe.

Evening sky, 2018 May 8

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April 21 will be this year’s International Astronomy Day. Here is the sky you will Continue reading “Astronomy Day 2018”

We’ve been living in the shadow (almost) of the famous old observatory for two years, and only now, the day before Continue reading “Greenwich Observatory”

Thank you, readers of this weblog, for your advice as to which Continue reading “Font verdict”

There will be a cluster of action in the early morning twilight of Saturday, April 7.

Morning sky 2018 April 7

The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is about to dive back to Earth – on April 1, probably.

Tiangong-1

The night between Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, was shortened Continue reading “Daylight Shifted”

Snow here. But the Sun is on its way to thaw us, coming up like a seal Continue reading “Equinox and equifonts”

On Sunday evening, March 18,the two inner planets and the slender Young Moon will make a sparkling line just above the western horizon.