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”
Category: history, archaeology
More on Catalina
– the comet that is now like a faint star close to brilliant Arcturus. Continue reading “More on Catalina”
Tell them in Lacedaemon
A reader writes that she did see Leonidas in the sky.
That’s wonderful! Continue reading “Tell them in Lacedaemon”
Propositions Underfoot
When the pilgrims arrived at the scene of my Astronomical Calendar 2016 cover picture, they had walked more than five hundred miles Continue reading “Propositions Underfoot”
Report of a walk in Spain
This may be the first draft of my cover picture story for Astronomical Calendar 2016, Continue reading “Report of a walk in Spain”
A Turkish Delight
My outburst a month ago about the centenary of Continue reading “A Turkish Delight”
Armenian centenary
April is the sweetest month, especially in Mediterranean lands. Continue reading “Armenian centenary”
Watery Abyss
For technical reasons I’ve had to miss Sky & Telescope Continue reading “Watery Abyss”