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Paired scenes
On Tuesday morning, August 3, Continue reading “Paired scenes”
White and red
There is busy solar-system activity in the after-sunset sky
Colors
The evening sky is rich.
Swimming up sky and up river
Little Mercury, elusive in the Sun’s glare, is becoming more and more findable Continue reading “Swimming up sky and up river”
April splay and yond-glare
Why are we now starved of planetary activity in the after-sunset sky? Continue reading “April splay and yond-glare”
Easter morning eastern sky
Mercurial appearances: not what they claim
Mercury is at its greatest distance out into the morning sky (its greatest western elongation).
Continue reading “Mercurial appearances: not what they claim”
Tantalization in the morning sky
A great grouping in the pre-dawn sky: the three brightest planets and the extremely slender Moon. Continue reading “Tantalization in the morning sky”
Mercury’s first evening act of 2021
Mercury will be farthest out in the evening sky on January 24 (or 23, by American clocks).
