September Feature – A Celestial Dolphin, The Constellation Delphinus
There are several species of dolphin inhabiting the waters of the Mediterranean and for the seafaring people of Ancient Greece there were bound to have been numerous encounters with … September Feature – A Celestial Dolphin, The Constellation Delphinus
Highlights of the September Sky
鈥 Sept 3rd – The Viking 2 landed on Mars this day back in 1976. 鈥 Sept 5 – Neptune, the 8th planet in our solar system, reaches … Highlights of the September Sky
August Feature – The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) & Trifid Nebula (Messier 20)
August is a perfect time to observe the summer Milky Way, that band of pale, ghostly light arching across the sky from the stinging tail of Scorpius … August Feature – The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) & Trifid Nebula (Messier 20)
Highlights of the August Sky
鈥 Aug 2 – The moon is at apogee, its most distant point in its orbit for the month, at 251,671 miles away from Earth at 12:55 … Highlights of the August Sky
July Feature – The Hercules Cluster (Messier 13)
“My god, it’s full of stars.” – 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel), by Arthur C. Clarke In the beginning, some 13.87 billion years ago, there were no stars in our … July Feature – The Hercules Cluster (Messier 13)
June Feature – Saturn: Crown Jewel of the Solar System
SATURN: CROWN JEWEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 鈥淣o [expletive] way!鈥, the young lady cried. Realizing her faux pas in the middle of a crowd of over 100 people, at a … June Feature – Saturn: Crown Jewel of the Solar System
Highlights of the June Sky
鈥 June 3 – Morning Sky: Venus is at its greatest elongation, 46 degrees west of the Sun, low in the eastern dawn sky. In astronomy, a … Highlights of the June Sky
May Feature – Seeing Red
SEEING RED IN A SUPERB STAR Whenever I give programs on the basics of stargazing I always inform my audience that, through a telescope, they will never see the gorgeous … May Feature – Seeing Red
Highlights of the May Sky
鈥 May 2 – The Moon is at First Quarter at 9:47 PM CDT. 鈥 May 7 – On this night the planet Jupiter appears just to the right … Highlights of the May Sky
April Feature – Jupiter!
HAIL TO THE KING! JUPITER IS AT ITS BEST THIS MONTH Named for the king of the Roman gods, the planet Jupiter returns to our evening sky this month and … April Feature – Jupiter!
