This terrific image of Mars was taken by Andrea Girones of Ottawa on November 23, 2022 at 11:35 pm EST. The large bright area at upper left is named Aeria. the dark region below that is Sinus Sabaeus, and the dark feature to the right is Mare Acidalum. Dark features on Mars tend to be…
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As shown above, on Saturday, December 3, 2022 from 6:03 to 6:07 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, flying past Polaris and the W of Cassiopeia, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow above the eastern horizon between…
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This image by Kent Wood was NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 27, 2017. It shows the bright star Mirach aka Beta Andromedae and the distant background elliptical galaxy NGC 404 positioned just to its north-northwest (upper left of centre). The galaxy, which is nick-named Mirach’s Ghost, can be seen in 6″ or…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 5:16 to 5:22 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon, flying closely past the bright star Altair and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow just above the east-northeastern horizon.…
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My friend Alan Dyer of Calgary, Alberta captured this wonderful wide-field image of the fully eclipsed moon on Tuesday morning, November 8, 2022. The brilliant white star Sirius (lower left), bright red Mars (top centre), and the blood red moon (far right) surround the winter stars of Orion and Taurus. Enjoy more of Alan’s work…
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As shown above, on Sunday, November 20, 2022 from 5:16 to 5:22 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying past the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the south-southwestern horizon, and then flying closely below the bright planets Saturn and Jupiter before disappearing into Earth’s shadow above the east-northeastern horizon.…
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This terrific image of a total lunar eclipse was captured and processed by Michael Watson of Toronto on October 8, 2014. The circumstances were similar to the total lunar eclipse that North americans will witness during the morning hours of Tuesday, November 8, 2022. As with this previous eclipse, the northern hemisphere of the moon…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 7, 2022 from 6:12 to 6:16 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying past the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the western sky below Mars and Taurus, and then flying through Orion and closely past the bright star Sirius before setting…
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