My friend Alan Dyer of Calgary, Alberta captured this wonderful wide-field image of the fully eclipsed moon on Tuesday morning, November 8, 2022. The brilliant white star Sirius (lower left), bright red Mars (top centre), and the blood red moon (far right) surround the winter stars of Orion and Taurus. Enjoy more of Alan’s work…
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As shown above, on Sunday, November 20, 2022 from 5:16 to 5:22 pm EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying past the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the south-southwestern horizon, and then flying closely below the bright planets Saturn and Jupiter before disappearing into Earth’s shadow above the east-northeastern horizon.…
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This terrific image of a total lunar eclipse was captured and processed by Michael Watson of Toronto on October 8, 2014. The circumstances were similar to the total lunar eclipse that North americans will witness during the morning hours of Tuesday, November 8, 2022. As with this previous eclipse, the northern hemisphere of the moon…
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As shown above, on Monday, November 7, 2022 from 6:12 to 6:16 am EST, the International Space Station will be visible flying past the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the western sky below Mars and Taurus, and then flying through Orion and closely past the bright star Sirius before setting…
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NGC 457, better known as the Owl Cluster, ET Cluster, and Dragonfly Cluster, was imaged by “Astrodoc” Ron Brecher of Guelph, Ontario. The bright stars are the eyes. The body and feet extend down to the right. Squint to see the upswept, curving chains of stars for the wings. This image covers a finger’s width…
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As shown above, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 from 7:11 to 7:17 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the northwestern horizon, and then flying through the Big Dipper before setting below the east-southeastern horizon. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial…
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The circumstances for Tuesday’s partial solar eclipse, which will occur during the new moon syzygy. The eclipse will only be visible with protective solar filters across parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. This scene shows the position of the moon’s shadow on Earth at 11:01 GMT on October 25, 2022. (Starry Night) Hello, Late-October Stargazers!…
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As shown above, on Monday, October 24, 2022 from 7:05 to 7:11 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the western horizon, and then flying through Cassiopeia and near Polaris before setting below the northeastern horizon. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial…
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This long exposure image of the Triangulum Galaxy, also known as Messier 33 and NGC 598, was captured by Steve McKinney of Toronto in 2012. His photo covers a thumb’s width of the sky, but it has been rotated by 180 degrees from a binoculars view. Look for the 2.7 million light-years-distant galaxy climbing the…
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As shown above, on Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 7:08 to 8:01 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow just above the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying close to Aldebaran, Mars, Capella, and the Big Dipper before setting below…
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