Here is the sky before dawn on Monday, May 20. Continue reading “Monday Morning Moon”
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The 88 constellations and their brightest stars
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The bowl of the May sky
The Sun’s gone down, the starry crowd goes down, Continue reading “The bowl of the May sky”
Beetles steer by the Milky Way
Animals such as frogs, geckos, moths, and tiny sweat bees can see color Continue reading “Beetles steer by the Milky Way”
Venus, Moon and others tomorrow morning
Venus is getting down very low to the pre-sunrise horizon.
The Lyrids tomorrow night
Meteors of this springtime stream Continue reading “The Lyrids tomorrow night”
Precession slide-rule
On this Good Friday, the Moon is Full and Continue reading “Precession slide-rule”
The Moon as a tape-measure
Watch the Full Moon rise on Good Friday evening.
A sky group this evening
The slender Moon, 3 days and 19 hours old, approaches red Mars and red Aldebaran.
Slender Moon for Saturday evening
Spring evenings are favorable for catching the Young Moon. It climbs Continue reading “Slender Moon for Saturday evening”