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Moon and Planets
English: Pleiades Star Cluster (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While this is a book and writing blog, every so often I feel a need to share my other love, astronomy. Guess you could say one could write about...
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Stargazer’s Almanac for Second Half of July
Natural color view of Saturn, composed from a series of pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) At the beginning of July, I talked about the many sights to see in the...
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Stargazer’s Almanac Second Half of August
It always amazes me how summer can just fly by, while the winter months drag on and on. September’s almost here. Hard to believe. Lucky for us, the evenings are still generally warm and relatively...
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Stargazer’s Almanac First Half August
Jupiter (Photo credit: jpstanley) Erica, a wonderful WordPress tech support person, fixed my blog problem. Thank you Erica! As we head into September, there are lots of interesting things going on. The...
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This Week’s Night Sky
Jupiter (Photo credit: jpstanley) DUSK Comet PanSTARRS should be most visible this week. You must have a good view of the Western horizon, as it is very low after sunset. It is not all that bright,...
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The Night Sky March 24 – 31
The Sky at Night (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My favorite Saturday morning task is writing this blog entry. Have any of you been able to catch Comet PanSTARRS in the West? Because of a mountain west of my...
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Night Sky This Week
Full Moon view from earth In Belgium (Hamois). Français : Pleine Lune vue de la Terre en Belgique à Hamois. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We should be looking forward to warmer, although shorter, nights....
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Night Sky This Week April 7-13
English: Pleiades Star Cluster (Photo credit: Wikipedia) DUSK The Moon! Have you missed it? It will return on Thursday – but you need a good view to the west. Look low on the horizon an hour after...
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This Week’s Night Sky April 14-20
Orion and Neighbours (Photo credit: herbraab) I’m a little pressed for time today, so this will be more fast and dirty than my usual posts. In the evening of the 14th, check out Jupiter and the Moon...
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