How cosmically cool is this, right? Space Weather News for June 2, 2011ECLIPSE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: A solar eclipse at midnight? It’s not only possible, it actually happened last night. On June 1st, the new Moon passed in front of the midnight sun above the Arctic circle, producing a partial eclipse of exquisite beauty. Images of the event are featured on today’s edition of SpaceWeather.com.
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Visible Alignment of Planets: a presaging of 2012? 5.10.11
1999, the New Millennium, 2012, and Planets All in a Row 2011by Jude CowellMay 10, 2011: as of today it is possible to see with the naked eye a fabulous celestial show: a line-up of Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter in the wee hours of the morning for the next few weeks.Even quirkily inclined Uranus and shy Neptune may be viewed if environmental conditions are right and you have a decent pair of
Vulcans to Libya, a SuperMoon, & Iraq War’s Solar Return March 2011
NPR BREAKING NEWS: Allied Aircraft Flying Over Libya French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed that coalition planes are in the air above Libya. "Our air force will oppose any aggression by Col. Gadhafi against the population of Benghazi," he announced in Paris. More at NPR.~:~Astro-Note: the Iraq War’s Solar Return 2011 occurs March 20, 2011 at 4:55:59 am BAT -3:00 Baghdad, Iraq; ASC 1Pis17
There Be Storms on Saturn! Dec 28, 2010
Zeeks! With America’s Saturn Return 14Lib48 well underway into 2011, the planet of accountability, responsibility, authority, stability, and restriction is experiencing a time of unstable weather. Sound familiar?Space Weather News for Dec 28, 2010BIG STORM ON SATURN: Got a telescope for Christmas? Point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s
There Be Storms on Saturn! Dec 28, 2010
Zeeks! With America’s Saturn Return 14Lib48 well underway into 2011, the planet of accountability, responsibility, authority, stability, and restriction is experiencing a time of unstable weather. Sound familiar?Space Weather News for Dec 28, 2010BIG STORM ON SATURN: Got a telescope for Christmas? Point it at Saturn. A giant storm even brighter than Saturn’s rings is raging through the planet’s
It’s Orionid Meteor season! Oct 21 and 22, 2010
With the stars of the constellation Orion at the top of my natal chart and with Autumn being my favorite season, anything that involves Orion always claims my attention. In fact, many of my Cosmic and Moon Art illustrations have Orion tucked somewhere in the sky if you look closely!Space Weather News for Oct. 20, 2010SUNDIVING COMET: A newly-discovered comet is plunging toward the sun for a close
Draconids, Venus Rx, and the Green Comet! Oct 2010/11
Venus turning Rx on Oct 8, 2010 @ 13Sco13 isn’t all that’s hot in the heavens for Oct 8 is the annual date of the Draconid Meteor Shower:Space Weather News for Oct 8, 2010DRACONID METEORS: Every year around Oct 8, Earth passes through a minefield of dusty debris from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. This year, forecasters expect Earth to narrowly miss several
‘Ultra Deep Field’ in 3D as seen by Hubble Telescope!
Here’s an interesting presentation of NASA curiosity which details how the Hubble Telescope was pointed toward a sand-grain-sized ‘black patch in the sky’ for 10 days in 1996 and 11 days in 2004..and what was discovered!View if you may, then see if it reminds you too of what Jesus said to His disciples concerning such subjects: "In My Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would
Green comet’s close encounter w Earth Oct 20, 2010
Time to look up! And NASA is sending Deep Impact for a closer peek…Space Weather News for Oct 1, 2010APPROACHING COMET: Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close encounter on Oct 20th. At that time, the comet will be only 11 million miles (0.12 AU) from our planet and should be dimly visible to the naked eye from dark sky sites. It already looks great through backyard