The scene viewed from Mexico City on Sunday, June 5 at 10:37 pm CDT, just before the moon begins to move in front of the bright star Al Jabhah, aka Eta Leonis. Timings vary by latitude and the hour varies with time zone. (From Stellarium) Hello, Stars and Planets Fans! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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As shown above, on Sunday, May 29, 2022 from 10:01 to 10:06 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, flying in front of the bright star Arcturus for some observers, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow low in the southeastern…
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This image of spiral galaxy NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) in southwestern Boötes was captured by Adam Block’s team at Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona on March 3-4, 2011. The image spans 16 arc-minutes of sky, measuring left-to-right, or half the moon’s diameter. Hello, Spring Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for…
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As shown above, on Thursday, May 26, 2022 from 10:49 to 10:53 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, flying between the Big and Little Dippers overhead, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow while in the eastern sky near Hercules. (courtesy:…
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This image of the big and bright globular star cluster Messier 5 in Serpens was captured by Adam Block at Mount Lemmon Sky Center, University of Arizona. The image covers about 20 arc-minutes of the sky, left-to-right. Note the old yellow stars sprinkled throughout. Hello, Mid-May Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 from 9:54 pm to 10 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA, rising from the western horizon near the very bright star Procyon, flying past twins stars of Gemini and Polaris, and then sinking below the northeastern horizon near Cygnus, the Swan. (courtesy:…
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This beautiful composite image, taken by Michael Watson of Toronto during the Total Lunar Eclipse of April 15, 2014, closely resembles what observers in most of the Americas will see starting on Sunday night, May 15, 2022. Michael has arranged the images to show the round shape of Earth’s shadow, as expressed during the partial…
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As shown above, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 10:42 pm to 10:48 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA, rising from the west-southwestern horizon near the very bright star Procyon, flying past the lip of the Big Dipper’s bowl, and then sinking below the northeastern horizon near…
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This terrific image by Benjamin Law of Stouffville, Ontario shows the Leo Quartet of galaxies, which is located in the neck of Leo, the Lion. Leo is visible high in the western sky in evening during May. Other names for this group are Hickson 44 and the NGC 3190 Group. The north-up image covers 20…
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