This image of the North American Nebula was captured in 2018 near Thornbury, Ontario by my friend Sailu Nemana. Several of the surrounding bright stars and star clusters within it are highlighted. The Pelican Nebula (at right) is formed by the dark dust of LDN 935. The re/pink colour is produced by ionized hydrogen gas.…
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As shown above, on Monday, September 30, 2024 from 7:24 to 7:30 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 and then flying through the summer triangle asterism before entering Earth’s shadow just above the east-southeastern horizon near…
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The globular cluster NGC 6934 in Delphinus as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is also known as Caldwell 47. This image covers about 3 arc-minutes of the sky, or 1/10th of the full moon’s diameter. (Wikipedia) Hello, Autumn Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 22nd, 2024 by Chris…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 8:12 to 8:17 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the northwestern horizon and then flying through both dippers before entering Earth’s shadow in the eastern sky. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites…
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The bright rays that surround the small bright crater Proclus are missing to the left of the two yellow lines, evidence that the Proclus impactor arrived at a shallow angle from that direction and tossed debris in front of it, partly onto dark Mare Crisium. This feature on the moon is easy to see in…
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As shown above, on Sunday, September 15, 2024 from 8:04 to 8:10 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 past the bright star Arcturus and Cassiopeia before entering Earth’s shadow just above the northeastern…
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This Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows the major features of Mare Imbrium “the Sea of Rains”, including its eastern ring of mountain ranges, the dark crater Plato, the “islands” in the north, Archimedes, partially submerged ghost craters, and subtle wrinkles. NASA Hello, September Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 8th,…
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As shown above, on Thursday, September 12, 2024 from 8:49 to 8:55 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the southwestern horizon and then flying through the Summer Triangle asterism before entering Earth’s shadow in the east-northeastern sky. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com)…
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The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Eastern and Western Veil Nebulae, are a gigantic remnant of a supernova in the southern wing of the Swan that spans more than five full moon diameters. It is visible in binoculars under very dark skies every summer. The bright star at right named 52 Cygni that the…
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As shown above, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 from 5:34 to 5:41 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the northwestern horizon and then flying through the Gemini and past Mars and Jupiter before setting in the…
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