Winter shower par excellence: Continue reading “Through the smokehole”
Category: astronomy
Tipping-point
Our planet’s north pole leans its farthest away from the Sun. Continue reading “Tipping-point”
A few loose hairs from Berenice
It isn’t too late to mention Continue reading “A few loose hairs from Berenice”
Forbidden Island
Today is the day we were to have set off for an island on whose soil Continue reading “Forbidden Island”
The blazing horses of Phaethon
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”
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”