The trio of craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina flank the western edge of Mare-Nectaris. They are easy to see when the lunar terminator lands just to their west as shown here for Wednesday, November 6 (NASA) Hello, Mid-Autumn Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 3rd, 2024 by Chris Vaughan. Feel…
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This annular solar eclipse occured on June 6, 2021. Proper solar filters or image projection is required to view every part of an annular eclipse. It’s Solar Eclipse Time, Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of October 8th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and…
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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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