These images of the full moon by Michael Watson of Toronto perfectly illustrate the size difference between a perigee “supermoon” and an apogee “punymoon”. The image on the right will very closely conform to the appearance of the full moon on Halloween night – when the moon will actually be about 10 hours past full…
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As shown above, on Monday, October 26 from 6:19 to 6:23 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the west-southwestern sky near the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus, flying past Capella and through the Big Dipper, and then setting below…
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Hello, mid-October Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of October 18th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are expressed in Eastern Time.…
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As shown above, during its very bright morning pass on Friday, October 23 from 7:03 to 7:08 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly upwards through the Orion Nebula at 7:05 am EDT. Exact times will vary by location. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be bathed in sunlight while…
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Mars will reach maximum brightness at opposition on Tuesday night, October 13. During the nights around opposition, the planet will show surface details in amateur telescopes. Hello, Mars Fans! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of October 11th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send…
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This amazing image of Mars was taken on October 2, 2020 at 11:13 EDT by my friend Claudio Oriani of Richmond Hill, Ontario through his Celestron C8 SCT and a ZWO AS1224MC camera. The southern polar cap and the dark Syrtis Major regions are obvious. Hello, October Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the…
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As shown above, on Monday, October 5 from 7:47 to 7:52 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, flying close to the bright star Vega, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow above the southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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