Sunday March 14 is the second Sunday in March, so Americans are directed to twist their clocks forward by an hour, into a long summer of Daylight-Shifted Time. Continue reading “Mad as a March Hare”
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The Sirius-Canopus Hour and Yemen
We contemplated the Coma Hour and the limiting latitude for seeing the Southern Cross. The other lantern that can lurk at the southern horizon is Canopus, second brightest of stars. Continue reading “The Sirius-Canopus Hour and Yemen”
Semitic Delights
Snow fell yesterday.
Stripe Latin Delights
Do you recognize these bright stars that are looming into our evening sky?
Long and longer
The longest star names I can think of are Continue reading “Long and longer”
The difference made by two thousand years
On Wednesday May 20 the Sun enters the sign Gemini. This gives us a rather good way of seeing the difference between “signs” and constellations.
Continue reading “The difference made by two thousand years”
The sky from Gislher’s Piece
The evening sky has changed –
Coronae
This is the nearest I can get, at this time of year, to showing you both of the heavenly Crowns.
Bergamo
Greenville friends, here is your sister city, seen from a height of 248 steps.
Trees to the Rescue
Planting a trillion trees would remove from the atmosphere two thirds of the emissions put into it by human activity. Continue reading “Trees to the Rescue”