As the brightest of planets reappears, my book about Venus the planet and Venus the goddess also rises into view. Continue reading “Hail, Venus!”
Tag: astronomy
The Moon and the Grebe
You don’t really have to get up this early in the morning hours of Saturday to see the Last Quarter Moon.
Jupiter, Saturn, Moon. amd Time
As Jupiter continues to catch up with Saturn, the Moon comes by, this time passing Continue reading “Jupiter, Saturn, Moon. amd Time”
Venus in waiting
June 3 is a hinge date for Venus.
The difference made by two thousand years
On Wednesday May 20 the Sun enters the sign Gemini. This gives us a rather good way of seeing the difference between “signs” and constellations.
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Moon-Jupiter-Saturn trio
On the morning of Tuesday May 12 comes this concentration of three bright bodies within a circle less than 5 degrees wide.
Venus northernmost, couch awkwardmost
Venus will reach the most northerly point in its whole eight-year cycle, on the evening of Monday May 3 for America.
The sky from Gislher’s Piece
The evening sky has changed –
Conjunctions banned from Isleworth
We’ve succeeded in moving from rural Dorset, where this was the view out of our window –
Pleiades passage
One of the benefits of a year when Venus is heading for its northernmost point in the eight-year cycle is that on the way it visits the most famous of star clusters.
