Today is Guy Fawkes Day in England, and Clock Change Eve in America. Continue reading “Guy and the clock”
Category: astronomy
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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Two more Venice scenes – kick, and Sarpi
We stayed this time in the district we call Miracoli, Continue reading “Two more Venice scenes – kick, and Sarpi”
Orionids, two asteroids, and the Creation
I’m back from another world in time to tell you that the Orionid meteors come around again tonight:
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Uranus in line with a Full Moon
Just to keep you informed, Uranus will be at opposition on Saturday October 15 (at 11 Universal Time).
ExoMars Touchdown
On Saturday October 19, ExoMars is to land on Mars.
Stairs in Greenwich Lead to Molecules in Space
A couple of geometric details about the Queen’s House
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Taurid meteors
If you see a meteor in the nights around now, it may be a Taurid, or, less likely, a Delta Aurigid.
Draconid meteors and Fall Astronomy Day
The Draconid meteors may be seen in the nights of Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8 –
