Venus passes about 3° north of Mars in the morning sky of Wednesday, March 16. Continue reading “Mars and thirst”
Category: astronomy
Hare forward
American clocks have to be twisted forward one hour on Sunday March 13.
No Quarter
“No quarter” means no mercy, “first quarter” means the phase the Moon has reached. Continue reading “No Quarter”
Conflicting colors
Did you spot the mistake? Continue reading “Conflicting colors”
Book a holiday in Ukraine!
Blue and yellow (complementary colors) make the Ukrainian flag. Blue and yellow are also the colors of one of the most famous of double stars. Continue reading “Book a holiday in Ukraine!”
Crises as galaxies
The Ukraine war fills the news, and is a crisis of desperate urgency and huge scale, but is it the most so? It is dwarfed by climate breakdown. Continue reading “Crises as galaxies”
Mind’s sigh
Low in the morning sky, Mercury is passing close south of remote Saturn. And as the waning Moon comes by, Continue reading “Mind’s sigh”
Mars and Ukraine in the balance
The planets remain mostly in the morning sky, as shown in these illustrations Continue reading “Mars and Ukraine in the balance”
The Inner Mongolia of the planets
In February the planets are all over on the sunward side of Earth.
One confused groundhog
Venus, brighter than any star, can cast a reflection on water, and even a shadow. Continue reading “One confused groundhog”