It occurred to me to plot the EDOT in both ways and see how much they differ.
The EDOT is Continue reading “Mars dead ahead”
Tag: astronomy
Trios, if you count Pluto
Peering to the right of the Sun – that is, being out on the morning side of our spinning planet – is still the way to see planetary activity.
The stories told by satellites’ names
There will have to be a new printing before long of Albedo to Zodiac, my astronomical glossary, so Continue reading “The stories told by satellites’ names”
Planet Nine discovered, maybe or even probably
There may be a planet at an enormous distance from the Sun: Continue reading “Planet Nine discovered, maybe or even probably”
Red star pricks Moon balloon
For the first of 13 times this year, the Moon will on Tuesday-Wednesday night (Jan. 19/20) pass so close to Aldebaran that it occults (hides) the great “eye of the Bull.”
Quadrantids and Edot revisited
This is another confession. Continue reading “Quadrantids and Edot revisited”
Moon-Venus-Saturn-Antares in the mornings to come
John Goss has an excellent short survey of astronomical 2016 Continue reading “Moon-Venus-Saturn-Antares in the mornings to come”
The Quadrantids and the Edot
The Quadrantid meteor stream hits us in the night of Jan. 3/4. Here is the picture from Astronomical Calendar 2016 page 6, but more expansively and with an addition.
More on Catalina
– the comet that is now like a faint star close to brilliant Arcturus. Continue reading “More on Catalina”
Comets Catalina and Berenices
Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) is now fairly easily findable in binoculars as it climbs from eastern Virgo into Boötes, and when several people remarked on this I remembered about Berenice’s Comet.
