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”
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Friggatriskaidekaphobia
Here’s the news from the evening sky: Continue reading “Friggatriskaidekaphobia”
A confession about the Final Astronomical Calendar
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”
Bonfire of the planets
The Moon, tomorrow morning, cruises down past Mars and Venus.
Venus-Mars-Jupiter splayed in space
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.
Tomorrow morning
A welcome to you if you’ve just learned about this blog. Here’s a welcome from the sky.
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Close past
I say little more
Its Name Means Sky
A density of meetings
Tomorrow morning the Moon will finish its plunge past a bright star and three bright planets by gliding less than a degree from little Mercury.
