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The morning sky is getting colder – but Mars out there has reached a cold extreme.
The planets stay near the ecliptic; the other line, with the motion-arrow on it, is the celestial equator. The shapes of a few prominent constellations – Corona Borealis, Boötes, and Corvus – are included to give an idea of where we are in the sky, though their fainter stars may not be discernible in the twilight. Continue reading “Six Months to Mars”
A reader writes that she did see Leonidas in the sky.
That’s wonderful! Continue reading “Tell them in Lacedaemon”
In the night of Tuesday-to-Wednesday (November 17-18) our planet will meet the Leonid meteors, head-on.
That is to say, Continue reading “Relative Speed”
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina will be at perihelion tomorrow, Nov. 15. —Please see note at end.
When the pilgrims arrived at the scene of my Astronomical Calendar 2016 cover picture, they had walked more than five hundred miles Continue reading “Propositions Underfoot”
Here’s the news from the evening sky: Continue reading “Friggatriskaidekaphobia”
If you could have looked down through my ceiling during the evenings – not just the evenings – of Continue reading “A confession about the Final Astronomical Calendar”
The Moon, tomorrow morning, cruises down past Mars and Venus.
You may have seen, or contemplated, the three planets in today’s pre-dawn sky, with the Last Quarter Moon hanging above them. This is how they came to be so beautifully grouped for us.
A welcome to you if you’ve just learned about this blog. Here’s a welcome from the sky.
I’m sorry Continue reading “Tomorrow morning”