This simulated view of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse from the vantage point of the sun shows the spherical moon’s round shadow cast upon the Earth at 18:16 Greenwich Mean Time (or 2:16 pm EDT). The motion of the moon will cause the shadow to complete its passage in several hours. We never see…
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My friend Kerry recently captured this gorgeous view of morning clouds, the Milky Way and the Zodiacal Light extending upwards past bright Venus. Her stitched together panorama from the Bolivia High Dessert employed a 15mm fish-eye lens on her Canon R6 camera. For more treats like these, follow Kerry on Instagram and FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/kerryann.hepburn. Hello,…
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As shown above, on Friday, March 29, 2024 from 8:18 to 8:24 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon and flying through Cassiopeia and then past the Big Dipper before entering Earth’s shadow just above the east-southeastern…
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This Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows the major features of Mare Imbrium “he Sea of Rains”, including its eastern ring of mountain ranges,dark crater Plato, the “islands” in the north, Archimedes, and the subtle wrinkles. Other lunar maria are out of frame below the large crater Copernicus (botton centre). NASA Hello, Spring Stargazers! Here are…
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As shown above, on Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 8:09 to 8:15 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon near Jupiter and flying past the bright star Mirfak and then through the Big Dipper before entering Earth’s shadow…
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Malcolm Park captured this terrific widefield image of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on March 4 2024. The Andromeda Galaxy is prominent at the upper right, and the triangulum galaxy is fuzzy at top left. This week the comet will travel between the two widely separated bright stars Mirach (above centre) and bluish Alpheratz (below centre). Enjoy more…
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As shown above, on Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 8:54 to 8:59 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying overhead of the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon near Jupiter and flying past the bright star Mirfak and then Polaris before entering Earth’s shadow in the northeastern…
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This image by Martin Gembec of the Czech Republic shows the rich starfield of the Alpha-Persei Moving Group stars surrounding Mirfak (above centre), the brightest star in Perseus (the Hero). The photograph spans about 3.5 degrees of the sky, nearly filling the view in binoculars. Mirfak is the very bright star shining about halfway up…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 from 5:36 to 5:41 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow above the west-northwestern horizon and flying above the bright star Arcturus before setting below the southeastern horizon near the moon. (courtesy:…
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