Tag: Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)

The Full Pink Moon Limits Lyrids and Spears Scorpius While Mars and Saturn Rise Early and Jupiter Exits Evening!

April 21, 2024

On April 10, 2024, my friend Alan Dyer captured this terrific image of the young moon (two days after the solar eclipse) shining above Uranus and Jupiter with moons. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is below them. The comet’s tail is aimed upwards away from the sun, which had recently set below the horizon. Follow Alan on FaceBook…
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Thursday’s New Moon Holds a Hybrid Solar Eclipse and Lyrids Light Up Moonless Evenings Filled with Venus and Galaxies Galore!

April 16, 2023

A sampling of galaxy forms. Clockwise from upper left: Messier 87 “Virgo A” (elliptical), Messier 102 “Spindle” (lenticular), NGC 1365 (barred spiral), NGC 4656 “the Crowbar” (irregular), and Messier 81 “Bode’s Nebula” (spiral). All except NGC 1365 are visible on spring evenings from mid-northern latitudes. Hello, Meteor and Galaxy lovers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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