This amazing image of the young crescent moon, which triggered the Lunar New Year, was captured by Michael Watson from mid-town Toronto on February 19, 2015 at 6:37 pm EST, when the Moon was 23 hours 48 minutes past its new phase. Such moons are difficult to see it and to photograph. Happy Lunar New…
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As shown above, on Thursday, February 3, 2022 from 6:31 pm to 6:37 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, and then flying past Aldebaran, Orion’s Belt, and the very bright star Sirius before disappearing into Earth’s shadow above the…
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This image of the Fossil Footprint Nebula NGC 1491 in Perseus was captured by Adam Block at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. This image is nearly one degree wide, or about finger’s width. Wikipedia Hello, Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of January 23rd, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass…
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As shown above, on Sunday, January 30, 2022 from 6:27 pm to 6:31 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon near the bright star Vega, and then flying between the dippers before disappearing into Earth’s shadow in the northeastern sky. Artificial satellites…
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This image of the Alpha Persei Moving Group, also known as Melotte 20, was captured by Martin Gembec of Czechoslovakia in 2007. Mirfak is the very bright star above centre. The scattered bright stars are stellar siblings. The golden star to lower left is Sigma Persei. The entire image spans several finger widths left-to-right, or…
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As shown above, on Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 6:25 pm to 6:29 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon near Jupiter, and then flying close to the bright star Capella just before disappearing into Earth’s shadow in the…
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A portion of a frame from NASA’s Lunar Visualization Tool, showing the northwestern quadrant of the moon at 9 pm on January 14, 2022, annotated. The Dial-A-Moon page is at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4955 Hello, January Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of January 9th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along…
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With unaided eyes, three patches of light make up the sword of Orion, which hangs below his famous 3-starred belt. My friend John Deans of Toronto captured this image of Orion’s Sword while in Bancroft during February, 2021. Even binoculars will reveal that the central patch of light is the splendid Orion Nebula, also known…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 from 6:30 am to 6:34 am EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the northwestern sky, and then flying through the Big Dipper before setting below the east-southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible…
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