Now comes the fourth of the five comets of 2024 that we listed in January.
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Quarter curves
What is happening in the evening sky? Continue reading “Quarter curves”
June’s planet array
All of them find themselves on the morning side of the Sun. Continue reading “June’s planet array”
Not as close as they appear
This evening’s sky. The beautifully crescent Moon has passed south of Pollux and is about to come into a straight line with the two Twin stars. Continue reading “Not as close as they appear”
May vote for one or more
First word of that title is grossly ambiguous!
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The ETA of the ETA
– Is May 5, 21 UT.
That is to say, the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to happen, this year, at that Universal Time, which is Continue reading “The ETA of the ETA”
The Moon Moves Up as the moon moves down
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”
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”