Shadow bands are “elusive ripples of alternate light and dark, flitting over the ground or the sides of buildings”
Category: astronomy
Dawn Ceres
Full, then New, then Full, then Eclipse
I believe that an “email blast” has gone out Continue reading “Full, then New, then Full, then Eclipse”
An asteroid for Asteroid Day (or nearly)
I’m not sure why the United Nations picked June 30 (yesterday) as Continue reading “An asteroid for Asteroid Day (or nearly)”
Sun Showers and Sunshine Floods
I often, beside the sea, used to gaze out at curtains of rain under clouds, like a skate under a foot.
The Eclipse is Just Two Lunations Away
What is new in this view of Friday’s evening sky?
The sky scene, June 20 morning
One More Device
Becoming aware of the nearest stars is an event that makes the blood tingle; it is like emerging from a hole in the ground. Continue reading “One More Device”
Saturn’s 2017 opposition
The undark nights of summer
For most of June, and into July, the Sun is so far north in the sky that it doesn’t get much below our horizon.
