Clear above the horizon is Venus, becoming brighter and larger as it swings in toward us.
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Last Quarter, Regulus, and the direction ahead
There is a grouping – two bright objects plus a geometrical abstraction – to be seen in the night between Sunday and Monday, November 20/21: the Moon, the star Regulus, and the Earth’s direction of travel.
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The Moon Squeezed Largest
Comets of the near future
Over the past thirteen days I’ve programmed for myself a way to use Continue reading “Comets of the near future”
ExoMars Touchdown
On Saturday October 19, ExoMars is to land on Mars.
Taurid meteors
If you see a meteor in the nights around now, it may be a Taurid, or, less likely, a Delta Aurigid.
Draconid meteors and Fall Astronomy Day
The Draconid meteors may be seen in the nights of Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8 –
Astronomical Calendar 2017, dose 2
Click again on the “Astronomical Calendar 2017” tab above. I’m adding. It will be an intermittent process.
North Nods Noxward
This year it will happen on Thursday September 22, at 14:21 Universal (Greenwich) time.
