The slender Moon, 3 days and 19 hours old, approaches red Mars and red Aldebaran.
Tag: Mars
Slender Moon for Saturday evening
Spring evenings are favorable for catching the Young Moon. It climbs Continue reading “Slender Moon for Saturday evening”
Mars and Moon Meet at Midnight
A double sky event will unfold in the night between Thursday July 26 and Friday July 27.
Mars starts to rise before midnight
Mars marks the sky’s halves
Earth’s small brother planet crosses the celestial equator on January 29, at 12 by Universal Time.
Asteroids of 2017
I’ve won a battle with the asteroids, and so am able to start adding them to “Astronomical Calendar 2017” Continue reading “Asteroids of 2017”
ExoMars Touchdown
On Saturday October 19, ExoMars is to land on Mars.
Earth-Centered Swirlings
Mars continues its high season of observability, indeed is still coming slightly nearer than it was at opposition a few days ago, as well as being free of the Full Moon’s glare. Continue reading “Earth-Centered Swirlings”
Mars dead ahead
It occurred to me to plot the EDOT in both ways and see how much they differ.
The EDOT is Continue reading “Mars dead ahead”
Crossings
As Mars passed Jupiter early today, a gong sounded, or so I whimsically imagined. But how often does that happen?
