Ron Brecher captured this image of Messier 31, plus Messier 110 and Messier 32 on December 5, 2016. Ron’s original image is and more information are at https://astrodoc.ca/m31/ Hello, Evening Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 29th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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As shown above, on Saturday, December 5 from 5:44 to 5:49 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, flying past Polaris, and then entering Earth’s shadow high in the eastern sky near Aldebaran. Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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This spectacular image by “AmazingSky” guy Alan Dyer of Calgary, Alberta, taken on November 15-16, 2020, captured the fuzzy green blob of comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) as it passed the bright, bluish star Bellatrix in Orion (the Hunter). The red nebulosity at top left is glowing Hydrogen gas surrounding Meissa, aka Lambda Orionis, the head…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 23 from 5:32 to 5:38 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon, flying past the bright star Altair, and then entering Earth’s shadow high in the east-northeastern sky. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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This all-sky image from November, 1998 by Juraj Toth of Modra Observatory, operated by Comenius University in Bratislava, shows about 100 Leonids meteors emanating from the region of sky near Leo. It was compiled during a 4 hour period. NASA APOD for November 4, 2001 Hello, mid-November Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the…
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As shown above, on Sunday, November 22 from 6:19 to 6:23 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, flying past the bright star Deneb and through Cassiopeia, and then entering Earth’s shadow high in the northeastern sky. Artificial satellites are…
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The Double Cluster, imaged here by Volker Wendel, is about 6,800 light-years away from our sun. The area shown spans about one degree, or a thumb’s width, of sky. NASA APOD for December 7, 2007 Hello, Dark-Sky Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 8th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 9 from 5:30 to 5:33 am EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow high in the west-southwestern sky above Orion, flying past the bright star Procyon, and then setting below the southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible…
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This terrific image of Mars this week was taken by my friend Rick Foster at 1:43 am EDT on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Hello, November Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 1st, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments,…
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As shown above, on Friday, November 6 from 6:14 to 6:20 am EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow low in the west-northwestern sky, flying past bright Venus, and then setting below the east-southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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