Here is the evening sky scene for Thursday evening, October 19.

Guy Ottewell's website and weblog
Here is the evening sky scene for Thursday evening, October 19.

Serpens the snake – the only constellation in two separated parts, head on the right or west, tail on the east – wriggles Continue reading “Snakes in the sky and in cages”
The Moon went less than a degree south of Neptune on October 3, occulting it for Antarctica and New Zealand; and tomorrow, a day past Full, will go more widely (4 degrees) south of Uranus, which will be at opposition on October 19.

The Kurds are a nation that has never been allowed to come into existence.
The equinox will strike, like a bell, on Friday September 22. It heralds Continue reading “The Sun on the equator”
As summer ends, the Summer Triangle tilts over toward the west.

A five-year-old “white Christian” girl was taken from her mother Continue reading “Two sides of a story”
This moment, when the eighth planet is 180 degrees from the Sun, comes on Tuesday September 5 at 5h by Universal Time. For American time zones, that is late tomorrow, Monday.
