You saw some Geminid meteors last night, I hope? Now maybe you’d like to know what those things were. Continue reading “The blazing horses of Phaethon”
Category: astronomy
Geminids tonight
The night between Dec. 13 and 14 Continue reading “Geminids tonight”
Saint Lucy and her squibs
`Tis the yeares midnight Continue reading “Saint Lucy and her squibs”
Earliest sunset
comes tomorrow, December 8, Continue reading “Earliest sunset”
Anti-Sun
The sun was shining on the sea, Continue reading “Anti-Sun”
In memoriam Robert Burnham
It was a December when I learned what had happened to him. Continue reading “In memoriam Robert Burnham”
A few more Leonids?
If you missed the Leonid meteors Continue reading “A few more Leonids?”
Leo’s cubs
“Arise, Abraham, the day of judgment has come!” Continue reading “Leo’s cubs”
Look out ahead!
You are hurtling at 67,000 miles an hour toward the Moon and toward Jupiter. Continue reading “Look out ahead!”
Month No or Month Numero 1?
November is regarded as a bleak month– Continue reading “Month No or Month Numero 1?”