Long winter nights. Crisp clear skies. Denser colder atmosphere. These are a few of my favorite things during the winter months and they add up to darker skies and brighter stars. This weekend also has a few things going for … Continue reading
http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2015/06/june-26july-5-2015 Look west for the next few evenings after sunset to catch Venus and Jupiter passing very near to each other. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon
I probably won’t get to see this. Snow is forecast for this afternoon in the KC metro area and continuing cloud cover for the next couple of days. I’ll keep my fingers crossed and my eyes on the western horizon … Continue reading
I thought I’d use the European racing term more commonly known in the States as ‘passing’ to refer to the progress Venus has made in the predawn sky this past week. Saturday morning I woke up way too early for … Continue reading
http://earthsky.org/tonight/closest-planetplanet-conjunction-before-sunrise-august-18 Set your alarms folks! This will be all kinds of cool tomorrow morning. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon
http://earthsky.org/space/dramatic-photos-of-venus-disappearing-behind-the-moon#.Uw3M6MFME0M Some day I hope to be in the right place at the right time to see an occultation like this. If only I’d been visiting India this week. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse … Continue reading
Did you happen to look west-southwest last evening shortly after (or during) sunset? The Moon passed quite close to Venus. If I’d remembered a few minutes earlier, I probably could have seen Venus during daylight.
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