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Questions, and you may have more

About the Astronomical Calendar 2026 cover picture:

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Author GuyPosted on 2025-11-162026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeology, literatureTags Globe Theatre, Macbeth, red hair, Shakespeare8 Comments on Questions, and you may have more

Cassiopeia Macbeth

The starry sky in the Astronomical Calendar 2026 Continue reading “Cassiopeia Macbeth”

Author GuyPosted on 2025-11-122026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeology, mythologyTags Cassiopeia, constellations, Globe Theatre, Macbeth, Shakespeare3 Comments on Cassiopeia Macbeth

Astronomical Calendar 2026

Breaking news: Astronomical Calendar 2026 is launched.

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Author GuyPosted on 2025-11-062026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeologyTags Globe Theatre, Macbeth, Shakespeare5 Comments on Astronomical Calendar 2026

AI

AI. That pair of letters, when I first encountered it, was a Bronze Age city.

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Author GuyPosted on 2025-08-162026-03-07Categories history, archaeology, human rights and animal rights, language, literatureTags AI, Amnesty International, arhchaeology, artificial intelligence, Canaan, Israel, Joshua, Palestine, Semitic languages4 Comments on AI

The solar system and the Blitz

From planets to specks of dust in meteor showers, there are Continue reading “The solar system and the Blitz”

Author GuyPosted on 2025-08-112026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeology, LondonTags Atira, Blitz, London, minor planets, solar system, St Paul's cathedral, World War 24 Comments on The solar system and the Blitz

Steppingstone Island

Samos is one of the Greek islands close to Continue reading “Steppingstone Island”

Author GuyPosted on 2025-03-112026-03-07Categories cycling, history, archaeology, human rights and animal rights, placesTags Aristarchus, Greece, migrants, refugees, Samps

Draco and the law

Meteors of the annual Draconid shower Continue reading “Draco and the law”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-10-052026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeology, languageTags Athens, Daconid meteor shower, democracy, Draco, Draconian laws, meteors, misnomers1 Comment on Draco and the law

Austral fish and Aussie Rowe

Fomalhaut is the 18th brightest star of the night skies – brighter than Deneb, Regulus, Castor. But it is far south, Continue reading “Austral fish and Aussie Rowe”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-07-162026-03-07Categories art, astronomy, history, archaeology, personsTags Alan Rowe, etynology, Fomalhaut2 Comments on Austral fish and Aussie Rowe

East and Middle East

Half a dozen solar-systems events are listed in Astronomical Calendar 2024 for January 27 (with their Universal Times): Continue reading “East and Middle East”

Author GuyPosted on 2024-01-272026-03-07Categories astronomy, history, archaeology, literatureTags Barmak, Barmecides, conjunctions, Islamic history, Palestine, planets3 Comments on East and Middle East

No shadow in the well

Our piece about the December solstice provoked an interesting discussion. Continue reading “No shadow in the well”

Author GuyPosted on 2023-12-242026-03-07Categories astronomy, geometry, history, archaeologyTags Aswan, Australia, Eratosthenes, seasons, solstices, Syene, tropics1 Comment on No shadow in the well

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