Tag: Jewish Calendar

Sunset Timing, the Morning Moon Launches Hanukkah and Poses with Virgo Stars and Venus, and December Dark-Sky Delights Include Two Comets!

December 3, 2023

This is a portrait of the two groups of half-sisters related in mythology as daughters of Atlas: the Hyades, at left, and the blue Pleiades, at right, two nearby open star clusters in Taurus, imaged by Alan Dyer from Quailway Cottage in southwest Arizona, December 15, 2017. The bright, orange star at far left is…
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Yom Kippur, Sunday Brings a Punymoon and Rare Double Spots on Jupiter, Mercury at Max Visibility, and Orionids Appear!

October 13, 2019

This image of the full moon was captured by Michael Watson of Toronto hours after it was full in September, 2017. Notice how the craters along the right-hand edge show some shadowing while the rest of the moon is “flat”. Michael’s gallery of wonderful astro-images are here. Hello, October Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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