On Wednesday January 20 comes the inauguration of Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States of America.
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A close grouping of three planets, in the evening sky, but very low to the horizon.
Crashing into the Last Quarter Moon
It’s still getting colder. Back on December 21 passed the winter solstice – accompanied, this year, by the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – and then on December 31 the lamentable moment when once-Great Britain dropped out of a greater family, the European Union.
Eclipse across the Andes (and Washington)
The Moon wields a wand: the long slender shadow called the umbra, which when it touches Earth creates a magic show. The wand will sweep across South America on December 14.
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Dark Star
The Drake equation is a way of estimating the likelihood that we will ever contact life elsewhere in the universe. Continue reading “Dark Star”
Concolor
We arrive on Tuesday September 22 at the equinox: when day and night hang equal. Continue reading “Concolor”
Intercepting the Perseids and the water
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Hierarchies
This evening, the Moon is about to form a “trio” with Venus and Neptune.
Moon missed and plane hit
Tomorrow morning’s dawn scene.
Christmas present and year future
Happy Christmas to you! Here’s the sky on the Continue reading “Christmas present and year future”