This is another publication announcement.
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Through the gates of spring
Here’s the sky on this first evening of northern spring.
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Red gateway, doubled daytime, troubled clocktime
Red Mars is passing red Aldebaran, and the Moon will sweep between the two on Friday March 19.
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Mad as a March Hare
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”
Vesta, vests, and the fallibility of poets
Everyone’s favorite asteroid, Vesta, is taking its apparent retrograde path, across the hind leg of Leo the lion, as we pass nearest to it.
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What is a remhurl?
Tilly and I just now finished publishing another remhurl – “remhurl” is our abbreviation for Continue reading “What is a remhurl?”
Mercurial appearances: not what they claim
Mercury is at its greatest distance out into the morning sky (its greatest western elongation).
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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”
Crux, the Coma Hour, and school exams
We’ve had discussion about how far south you have to be to see the small, brilliant, and charismatic constellation of the Southern Cross. Continue reading “Crux, the Coma Hour, and school exams”
Forty days
It’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Crosses are painted with ash on foreheads. Continue reading “Forty days”