The Moon on its way out into December’s evening sky passes as many as six planets in as many days (if you count Pluto as a planet).
Category: astronomy
Asteroids of 2017
I’ve won a battle with the asteroids, and so am able to start adding them to “Astronomical Calendar 2017” Continue reading “Asteroids of 2017”
Thanksgiving evening
Clear above the horizon is Venus, becoming brighter and larger as it swings in toward us.
Last Quarter, Regulus, and the direction ahead
There is a grouping – two bright objects plus a geometrical abstraction – to be seen in the night between Sunday and Monday, November 20/21: the Moon, the star Regulus, and the Earth’s direction of travel.
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Leonids and the lingering Moon
Here is a diagram I made for Continue reading “Leonids and the lingering Moon”
The Moon Squeezed Largest
Comets of the near future
Over the past thirteen days I’ve programmed for myself a way to use Continue reading “Comets of the near future”
Guy and the clock
Today is Guy Fawkes Day in England, and Clock Change Eve in America. Continue reading “Guy and the clock”
Star poems
I used to print “fillers” in some of the white spaces Continue reading “Star poems”
Second Venus-Saturn conjunction of this year
Venus passes 3 degrees south of Saturn during the night of October 29/30.
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