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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. T… more →
Bob's Spaces
Dance of the Planets
wrote 12 hours ago: 23 May to 11 June – 8:30 pm CDT In my posting yesterday I described the orbit … more →
3 Amigos!
wrote 1 day ago: This evening, Wednesday 22 May, at sunset or shortly after look toward the west no … more →
Moon, Spica, and Saturn
wrote 2 days ago: 21-23 May – 10 pm CDT Tonight, 21 May, and tomorrow the 22nd, the waxing gibb … more →
Sun Not in Gemini Today
wrote 3 days ago: 4:00 p.m. CDT Monday 20 May at 4 p.m. CDT the Sun will cross into the constelltion … more →
Moon, Meets A Lion
wrote 6 days ago: This evening the first quarter Moon is close to the star Regulus, the brightest st … more →
ISS This Morning
wrote 6 days ago: Earlier this morning the ISS, International Space station, flew over the midwest i … more →
Some Sun Fun!
wrote 1 week ago: This morning I spent a few hours under the Sun with students from St. John Laland … more →
A Diamond for Mom
wrote 1 week ago: About an hour after local sunset go outside and face south and look for the planet … more →
Moon, Venus and Jupiter
wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday, Friday, was the start of another lunar cycle with the new Moon. This ev … more →
Solar Eclipse
wrote 2 weeks ago: Friday 10 May the new Moon will pass between the Earth and Sun setting up the circ … more →
Equality at Sunset
wrote 2 weeks ago: 9 p.m. CDT An interesting arrangement of the two largest planets in our solar syste … more →
The Moon Zoom
wrote 2 weeks ago: Recently I was able to purchase a new telephoto lens for my 18 Mp Canon Rebel EOS … more →
Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
wrote 2 weeks ago: This weekend the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower reaches its peak during the early morn … more →
Send Your Name to Mars
wrote 3 weeks ago: We are going back to Mars, or at least Mars orbit with the next NASA mission, MAVE … more →
Saturn at Opposition
wrote 3 weeks ago: On Sunday April 28th Saturn will reach a point along its orbit around the Sun that … more →
Preview May Issue of Qué tal
wrote 4 weeks ago: As the subject line states, the May preview issue of Qué tal in the Current Skies … more →
Saturn, Full Moon, An Eclipse
wrote 4 weeks ago: Thursday evening on 25 April the full Moon will be close to the planet Saturn, pas … more →
It's Aries Time
wrote 1 month ago: Along the Ecliptic At 5 p.m. CDT (22 UT) on the 18th, today, the sun in its apparen … more →
Jupiter and Waxing Crescent Moon
wrote 1 month ago: 9 p.m. CDT This evening the Moon once again begins its phase cycle – well act … more →
