We are in the last three days of worried house-packing, but I can’t resist taking time to show you this evening’s sky –
Category: astronomy
New and Near
New Moon today. Continue reading “New and Near”
Sunday
This Easter Sunday is the last Sunday in March, so Continue reading “Sunday”
Planet walk, and Palm Sunday equinox
It’s about 2 AM on Sunday morning, March 20. We got back yesterday evening from our trip to London and the planet walk on Fortune Green. Continue reading “Planet walk, and Palm Sunday equinox”
Jupiter is at opposition
The Thousand-Yard Model in a London park
British Science Week is March 11 to 20: Continue reading “The Thousand-Yard Model in a London park”
Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse
The first of this year’s two total eclipses is drawing near: March 9, to be seen from within a narrow path across the Earth:
Continue reading “Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse”
We’re at Guantánamo, Which Way to Mecca?
The red curve is the shortest route between them.
Leap babies
Leap day coming on Monday. Here are a “common” year and a leap year side by side. Continue reading “Leap babies”
On the tip of your tongue?
Names such as “Sirius” and “Rigel” are traditional, Continue reading “On the tip of your tongue?”