You can help determine the answer to the question of when stars heliacally rise and set. Continue reading “Keep an eye on the Dog Star!”
Tag: Pleiades
Heliacal risings – Part Three
Bombs and books
Here is the sky over the western horizon this Sunday evening, May 1.
Pleiades passage
One of the benefits of a year when Venus is heading for its northernmost point in the eight-year cycle is that on the way it visits the most famous of star clusters.
Atlas and the weight of the greedy world
High on the meridian of the winter sky, Continue reading “Atlas and the weight of the greedy world”
Star clusters and cultural treasures
Here is tomorrow’s sky, four hours after sunset yet still comfortably early in the long winter evening. Continue reading “Star clusters and cultural treasures”