Tag: Rosh Hashanah

The Moon Returns After New, An Extra-close Jupiter Sports Spots, and Mars Cruises by a Cluster!

Getting ready for Monday’s close Jupiter opposition, Chris Curwin of Astronomy by the Bay in Saint John, NB recently captured the gas giant planets in evening with his Hauwei smartphone. Chris is very active in astronomy outreach in Southern New Brunswick. Find out about his events at http://sjastronomy.ca/ or watch his streams on YouTube at…
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Pre-Sunrise Scattered Sunlight, Best Neptune, Young Moon Meets Inner Planets and the Scorpion’s Snippers, and Soaring with Cygnus!

This gorgeous image of the North America Nebula, and the Pelican Nebula to its right, was captured by Roman Kulesza. The pink colour arises from glowing hydrogen gas. Opaque dust in the foreground is separating the single large gas cloud into two nebulas, and producing the unique shapes. It was the SkyNews Photo of the…
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