On Saturday, June 3, the full Strawberry Moon will rise at sunset. This simulation shows the moon at 10 pm local time. The bright reddish star to its upper right of the moon will be Antares, the “Rival of Mars” and the brightest star in Scorpius, the Scorpion. They’ll be cosy enough to share the…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from 9:24 to 9:30 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-northwestern horizon, flying past Venus and Mars and then the moon before entering Earth’s shadow just above the southeastern horizon. (courtesy:…
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This image by Michael Watson of Toronto nicely captured earthshine on the waxing crescent moon after sunset on March 8, 2019. Michael’s terrific galleries of moon images are hosted on his Flickr page. Hello, May Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of May 21st, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass…
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As shown above, on Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 10:13 to 10:18 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-northwestern horizon, flying past Mars and Venus and then the very bright star Arcturus before entering Earth’s shadow low in…
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This gorgeous spiral galaxy named NGC 5248 and Caldwell 45 in Boötes is visible in medium-sized and larger telescopes on moonless evenings. Image by Adam Block of Mount Lemmon Observatory (Wikipedia) Hello, Moonless May Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of May 14th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 from 9:24 to 9:31 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising over the west-southwestern horizon, closely pass near Mars and Venus and then the very bright star Vega before setting in the northeast. (courtesy:…
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This terrific Wikipedia image by Hunter Wilson from March 28, 2008 shows the Leo Triplet of Galaxies, which is located south-southeast of the bright star Chertan in Leo. The photograph, with celestial north up and East toward left, covers a pinky-finger-width (or 0.6 degrees) of the sky left-to-right. The Hamburger Galaxy is at the top…
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As shown above, on Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 10:14 to 10:20 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying closely past the bright stars Regulus, Alkaid, and Vega before setting in the east-northeast. (courtesy:…
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