If you go out late this evening and your south-eastern horizon is clear, you will see a nearly full moon rising, and above it the red star Antares. Continue reading “The Moon Moves Up as the moon moves down”
Month: April 2024
And next: the 2026 eclipse
April 8 was a peak of eclipse excitement. Already the world is looking forward to another peak. And it happens that there is a curious relationship between these successive total solar eclipses.
Continue reading “And next: the 2026 eclipse”
Meteors from Lyra, but Moon in Virgo
Here is the group of four illustrations about the Lyrids Continue reading “Meteors from Lyra, but Moon in Virgo”
The eclipse by stages
Here’s another kind of diagram: Continue reading “The eclipse by stages”
Dome rebuilt
Here is the sky for Austin, Texas, during the April 8 eclipse. Continue reading “Dome rebuilt”
Vacancy in the calendar
Today used to be April 1, All Fools Day, Continue reading “Vacancy in the calendar”