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.
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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
I’ve been so dazzled by Venus Continue reading “Intercepting the Perseids and the water”
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”
Quarter and Carter
This morning before what should have been sunrise, I was riding along the Continue reading “Quarter and Carter”
Officious Moon and declining island
On this unlucky Friday December 13, the Moon is at its northernmost point Continue reading “Officious Moon and declining island”