Tag: Moon-Venus Conjunction

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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Night Falls Earlier, the Crescent Moon in Morning Kisses Venus, Taurus Spits Stars, a Comet, and Andromeda Reclines on High!

November 5, 2023

Mirach’s Ghost aka NGC404 is the elliptical / lenticular galaxy sitting to the upper left of the bright star Mirach in Andromeda. Other smaller galaxies are scattered around the region. This terrific image by Kent Wood of Utah was the NASA APOD for Oct 27, 2017. Kent’s original image with details of his equipment is…
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