The evening sky is rich.
Tag: constellations
Heavenly rivers and earthly canals
Here is the sky on Palm Sunday evening.
Poor Capricorn
This is an example Continue reading “Poor Capricorn”
Where are the forests of the sky?
There are no plant constellations. Continue reading “Where are the forests of the sky?”
Musca
Flies are nasty little nuisances, right?
They drag the world’s diseases on their feet.
Their eggs grow into maggots in our meet.
But here is a handsome small object:
Goosenecks
The field beside the road through Syon Park is usually empty; sometimes it’s used for public events such as drive-in movies; sometimes there’s a flock of blackbirds; yesterday the Syon herd of cattle was there. Today they are replaced by wild geese.
Your Sign has slipped
The Sun enters the astrological sign Virgo on Saturday August 22, at 16 hours by Universal Time. But, astronomically, it is still in Leo. It crossed the boundary into Leo on Aug. 10, and will not cross the next boundary, into Virgo, until September 16.
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.
Continue reading “The difference made by two thousand years”
Coronae
This is the nearest I can get, at this time of year, to showing you both of the heavenly Crowns.
Long starways and walkways
Coming to the meridian at this time of a winter evening is the immensely long constellation of the river Eridanus. Continue reading “Long starways and walkways”