Tag: Uranus Opposition

The New Moon Drives Diwali, Lots of Leonids Meteors, Plentiful Planets, and Copious Comets!

My friend Lisa Ann Fanning of New Jersey captured the spectacular morning conjunction of the crescent moon and Venus from the Cape May Lighthouse on November 10, 2023. Hello, November Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 12th, 2023 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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Falling Back, the Beaver Moon Entirely Eclipsed, Evening Mars Makes its Move, Max Uranus, and Taurus Shoots Stars!

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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