Here’s the sky on Sunday morning well before sunrise.

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As a grandstand for today’s eclipse, Continue reading “A street eclipse”
The slender Young Moon will be close to Venus on the evening of June 11-
But first, I want to warn you Continue reading “An evening scene, and an eclipse warning”
On Thursday, June 10, the Sun will appear as a burning ring around the darkened Moon.

Continue reading “Shadow over the north pole and the free city”
Today’s eclipse of the Moon is visible across and around the Pacific Ocean.
The worst result of the ongoing horror in Israel-Palestine could be an increase of “antisemitism” (as anti-Jewishness is called, though both Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages).
If I were living now where I once lived for a year, I would be terrified. Continue reading “The Damascus Gate”
Little Mercury, elusive in the Sun’s glare, is becoming more and more findable Continue reading “Swimming up sky and up river”
In Orionland, the politic spectrum runs from Red to Blue. Continue reading “The stars need Approval Voting”
These fragments of Halley’s Comet may be seen as “shooting stars” between midnight and dawn of Thursday May 6.
On Monday morning, May 3, if you stand looking toward where the Sun is promising to rise, Continue reading “Saturn ahoy!”