The Venus-Saturn conjunction is still to come – day after tomorrow Continue reading “Conjunction puzzle; Australia burning; tactical voting”
Tag: astronomy
Venus-Saturn conjunctions
You can see space but you can’t see time – “Time is an ice that instantly sublimes.” Continue reading “Venus-Saturn conjunctions”
Moon-Venus-Jupiter gathering
Venus is still close to Jupiter, Continue reading “Moon-Venus-Jupiter gathering”
Venus-Jupiter conjunction
The two brightest planets will be less than two degrees apart in the night of November 23-24, Saturday-Sunday. Continue reading “Venus-Jupiter conjunction”
A meteor outburst from the Unicorn?
The usually sparse annual Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower may be a sensational Continue reading “A meteor outburst from the Unicorn?”
Leonid meteors this weekend
This most famously erratic of the annual meteor showers comes around Continue reading “Leonid meteors this weekend”
Vesta at opposition
Vesta, the fourth asteroid, is at opposition, the middle of its Continue reading “Vesta at opposition”
Transit of Mercury, November 11
This is a rare event (13 or 14 times per century), deserving of a special Continue reading “Transit of Mercury, November 11”
Forestaste of November 11
The transit of Mercury is coming, and we’ll have detail nearer to the time. Here is the scene at the dawn of transit day. Continue reading “Forestaste of November 11”
Venus over Mercury
You may, if you have a clear western horizon, be able t spot Venus, as people have been doing. Mercury is much more difficult. Continue reading “Venus over Mercury”