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The Moon on its Way to the Eclipse

This is a scene for the night between August 12 and 13 (Saturday and Sunday).

The sparks of light called the Perseid meteors will come streaking from the northeast over the next night or two.

Perseid meteors

The Moon will pass 3 degrees north of Jupiter.

Shadow bands are “elusive ripples of alternate light and dark, flitting over the ground or the sides of buildings”

It’s worth looking at the pre-sunrise sky

I’m not sure why the United Nations picked June 30 (yesterday) as Continue reading “An asteroid for Asteroid Day (or nearly)”

I often, beside the sea, used to gaze out at curtains of rain under clouds, like a skate under a foot.

What is new in this view of Friday’s evening sky?

The Moon passes Venus on the route down