This amazing image of the young crescent moon, which triggered the Lunar New Year in 2015, was captured by Michael Watson from mid-town Toronto on February 19, 2015 at 6:37 pm EST, when the Moon was a mere 23 hours 48 minutes past its new phase. Such moons are difficult to see it and to…
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As shown above, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from 6:57 to 7:01 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-northwestern horizon and then flying closely past Jupiter and the bright star Aldebaran before disappearing into Earth’s shadow high in the…
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This amazing composite image by Detlef Hartmann shows the continued expansion of the Crab Nebula Supernova Remnant (aka Messier 1) in Taurus over 10 years (Sept 29, 2008 through Sept 22, 2017). It spans about 0.1 degrees of the sky. In the heart of the nebula sits a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits radio…
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As shown above, on Sunday, January 19, 2025 from 6:12 to 6:17 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in a bright pass, rising over the western horizon and then flying between the dippers before disappearing into Earth’s shadow low in the northeastern sky the left of bright reddish…
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This terrific image by Sergio Scauso of Villa Maria, Argentina captured Mars just before the moon occulted it on August 9, 2020. NASA APOD for August 15, 2020 Hello, mid-January Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of January 12th, 2025 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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As shown above, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 6:08 to 6:13 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the southwestern horizon near Venus and Saturn and then flying close to Jupiter before disappearing into Earth’s shadow in the east-northeastern sky near…
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This image of the pretty waxing crescent moon shining to the left of the Pleiades Star Cluster aka Messier 45, Matariki, The Seven Sisters, Bugonagiizhig, and Subaru was captured by Jerry Lodriguss and shared as the NASA APOD for April 14, 2005. The passes near the cluster, and sometimes directly through it, on a monthly…
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