Tag: lunar occultation

The Solstice, Lunar X, and Great Conjunction on Monday – plus Meteors, Moon Doings, and a Christmas Reindeer Rides the North Pole!

December 20, 2020

Ian Wheelband of Ashburn, Ontario captured this pre-Great Conjunction image of Jupiter and Saturn through his telescope on Friday evening, December 18, 2020. The planets will be far closer together on Monday, December 21, 2020. Happy Solstice, Winter Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of December 20th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel…
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Venus Descends the Pre-Dawn Sky, Spectacular Sights on the Full Corn Moon, Our Moon Mambos with Mars while Jupiter’s Moons Play Hide and Seek!

August 30, 2020

This simulated view of Sinus Iridum, the Bay of Rainbows, and the Golden Handle that envelops its western perimeter, was made using Starry Night software. Every month, a few days before full moon, the handle effect is visible with sharp, unaided eyes, and very easily through binoculars and backyard telescopes. The latter might also reveal…
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