On Wednesday, December 25 from 6:31 to 6:36 am EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting from Earth’s shadow near the bright star Procyon in the lower west-southwestern sky, and then setting at the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they are high…
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This widefield photograph spanning about 10 degrees of of the sky near Cassiopeia was taken by Adrian Klamerius. It shows the redly-glowing Hydrogen gas clouds of the lovely Heart and Soul Nebulas, and the spectacular Double Cluster. NASA APOD for September 24, 2016. Happy Solstice, Winter Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week…
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If you are adept enough, or have a high-end computerized mount, you can view or photograph the space station through your telescope’s eyepiece. This sequence was taken by James Boone in Tampa, Florida on April 27, 2014 – using a 10″ Dobsonian telescope! His terrific gallery of astro-imagery is here. Artificial satellites are visible because…
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This long exposure image by Bill Longo of Toronto shows the trail produced by the International Space Station when Expedition 41 flew over the David Dunlap Observatory in 2014. Bill’s gallery of beautiful images can be explored at https://interceptedphotons.com/ Happy December, Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of December 8th, 2019 by…
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On Monday, December 9 from 5:51 to 5:57 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly overhead of the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, passing very close to the bright star Deneb, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow just over the southeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are only visible because…
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Several times a year at the moon’s first quarter phase, a feature called the Lunar X becomes visible in strong binoculars and small telescopes. For a few hours starting at approximately 11:15 pm EST on Monday, December 2, the illuminated rims of the craters Purbach, la Caille, and Blanchinus will combine to form a small,…
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On Saturday, December 7 from 5:51 to 5:55 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, passing very close to Polaris, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the eastern horizon. The ISS (International Space Station) is visible gliding silently over the…
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Globular star Cluster Messier 2 aka NGC 7089 is located 55,000 light-years from our sun in the constellation of Aquarius. In binoculars and backyard telescopes, the cluster will appear as a faint fuzzy patch of light – as opposed to this spectacular Hubble space Telescope image from earlier this year. NASA APOD for April 4,…
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On Monday, November 25 from 5:50 to 5:55 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon near Venus and Jupiter and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the east-northeastern horizon. The ISS (International Space Station) is visible gliding silently over the…
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On Friday, November 22 from 6:39 to 6:41 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon, passing close to Saturn, end then disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the southern horizon. The ISS (International Space Station) is visible gliding silently over the GTA…
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