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Moon, Spica, and Saturn
21-23 May – 10 pm CDT Tonight, 21 May, and tomorrow the 22nd, the waxing gibbous Moon will pass by the bright blue-white star Spica and the planet Saturn to the east (left) from Spica. This part of...
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Dance of the Planets
23 May to 11 June – 8:30 pm CDT In my posting yesterday I described the orbital motions of these three planets without the use of a graphic to help visualize that explanation. This animated graphic...
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Preview June Issue of Qué tal
As the subject line states, the June preview issue of Qué tal in the Current Skies is now online and available at this temporary web address: http://currentsky.com/2013/jun13/index.html It will...
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Preview July Issue of Qué tal
As the subject line states, the July preview issue of Qué tal in the Current Skies is now online and available at this temporary web address: http://currentsky.com/2013/jul13/index.html It will...
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Waxing Moon-A Slam Dunk?
This evening the waxing Moon has moved further east from its location yesterday and is now poised (with some imagination) to be slam-dunked into the constellation Crater the Cup. Crater the cup,...
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Preview August Issue of Qué tal
As the subject line states, the August preview issue of Qué tal in the Current Skies is now online and available at this temporary web address: http://currentsky.com/2013/aug13/index.html It will...
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Mercury Goes to Extremes
Today the innermost planet Mercury reaches a point along its orbit around the Sun where it is more or less at a right angle from the Earth and the Sun, as the banner graphic at the top of the page...
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Preview September Qué tal
As the subject line states, the September preview issue of Qué tal in the Current Skies is now online and available at this temporary web address: http://currentsky.com/2013/sep13/index.html It...
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September Qué tal Now Available
Many interesting celestial events this month including minor meteor showers, the September equinox, and conjunctions with our Moon, planets, and stars. Venus and Saturn and the star Spica have some...
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October Qué tal Now Available
As the subject line says the October issue is now online and available. Many interesting celestial events this month including one minor meteor showers, a partial penumbral lunar eclipse, and...
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