On Saturday, October 6 from 7:58 to 8:03 pm EDT, the International Space Station will glide high over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, passing near the bright star Deneb, and then disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the east-southeastern horizon. The ISS (International Space Station) is visible gliding silently…
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On Thursday, October 3, the moon will guide you to see nearby Jupiter in daytime. This correctly oriented view for 3 pm EDT (00:19 GMT) simulates what binoculars will show. The planet is visible without binoculars, too. Look for a tiny, brilliant point of light below the moon. Hello, Early Autumn Stargazers! Here are your…
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The beautiful Triangulum Galaxy, also known as Messier 33, dim because it is oriented nearly face-on to Earth, spans 1.5 full moon diameters in the sky. Some people have been able to see it with unaided eyes. At 2.75 million light-years from Earth – that’s the farthest object a human eye can see! This image…
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Hello, Late Summer Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 15th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeo.ca/skylights/ where all the old editions will be archived. You can…
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Hello, Late Summer Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 8th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeo.ca/skylights/ where the old editions are archived. You can also follow…
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Hello, Late Summer Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 1st, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where all the old editions are archived. You can also…
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This image of the Ring Nebula in Lyra was produced by combining images from the Hubble Space Telescope with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. In the image, the blue color represents helium; the green, oxygen; and the red, hydrogen. hubblesite.org Hello, Late Summer Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for…
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Hello, Summer Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 18th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. (Feel free to pass this along to friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics.) I post these with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times…
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