The Draconid meteors may be seen in the nights of Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8 –

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The Draconid meteors may be seen in the nights of Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8 –

The Moon was New on Saturday October 1, very early on that date, and therefore conceivably becomes visible as a very thin crescent at the sunset of October 2.
Click again on the “Astronomical Calendar 2017” tab above. I’m adding. It will be an intermittent process.

Many have complained, a few angrily but others understandingly, about the cessation of the annual Continue reading “Astronomical Calendar 2017”
This year it will happen on Thursday September 22, at 14:21 Universal (Greenwich) time.

You probably know by now that a planet has been discovered around the very nearest star. I thought I’d show you where in space that star is.

The year’s closest conjunction of planets comes this Saturday – and they are the two brightest.
