Tor, good afternoon, your February 2 birthday is coming around again – your eleventh! And it will also be Groundhog Day again. A year ago, Continue reading “Fortieth day from Christmas”
Month: January 2016
Jupiter before midnight
Jupiter has departed from the company of the pre-dawn planets (Mars, Saturn, Venus, Mercury) and has begun coming up over the eastern horizon well before midnight.
The dawn was like a red, red rose
No, it was like a gold, gold lily –
But today is Burns Day.
Yet another definition of midwinter
A group met on the third Monday of the month, Continue reading “Yet another definition of midwinter”
Planet Nine discovered, maybe or even probably
There may be a planet at an enormous distance from the Sun: Continue reading “Planet Nine discovered, maybe or even probably”
Closely confined
There are two more sky events for Wednesday, though unlike Continue reading “Closely confined”
Red star pricks Moon balloon
For the first of 13 times this year, the Moon will on Tuesday-Wednesday night (Jan. 19/20) pass so close to Aldebaran that it occults (hides) the great “eye of the Bull.”
Constellation Bowie? I don’t think so
Rock star David Bowie died, and according to Continue reading “Constellation Bowie? I don’t think so”
Dusky skies
The sky over the sea yesterday morning.
And an older painting, pulled out of a closet, of an evening scene in the agora of Athens, where Socrates used to stroll with his friends.
Quadrantids and Edot revisited
This is another confession. Continue reading “Quadrantids and Edot revisited”