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Jupiter is back
Published on 17 Jun 2008 at 1:39 pm.
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Of course, Jupiter didn’t leave the Solar System, become invisible, or any such thing. But, we haven’t seen it for a while in the evening skies. And, observers who have stayed up late or got up before dawn have been seeing Jupiter. It just hasn’t been visible at sunset in quite a […]
Planets in the Morning
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 9:34 pm.
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One of the things that I like about astronomy is that there is always something new to look for. Yesterday, I wrote about Saturn being in conjunction. Today, I have a planetary grouping to talk about.
On Tuesday morning, if you get up a little before dawn and look to the southeast, you’ll be able to […]
Saturn at Opposition
Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 4:40 pm.
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About a week and a half ago, I wrote about Neptune being in conjunction with the Sun. That was when Neptune was on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. Today, I am writing about another planetary alignment. Saturn is in opposition. That means that Saturn is on the opposite […]
Lunar Eclipse Next Week
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 11:59 pm.
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Next week, on Wednesday evening here in North America, there will be a total lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipses are fun to watch, and if the skies are clear, we’ll be watching the eclipse from campus. You can see the eclipse just fine with your naked eye, but it is even more fun to watch through […]
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Alien Headlights?
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 5:10 pm.
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If you get up early Friday morning and look to the East in the dawn twilight, you’ll see two bright lights close together in the southeastern sky. It may look something like this view that I produced using Stellarium planetarium software:
Given the rash of UFO sightings lately, I am expecting that there will be […]
Unidentified Flying Sundog
Published on 18 Jan 2008 at 11:27 am.
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Two days ago, I wrote about an UFO sighting over Stephenville, TX, that has been getting a lot of press attention. Well, the local news paper, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, has published a photograph purportedly of the UFO. It is an excellent photograph of a parhelion! Here is the photograph, courtesy […]
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UFO over Texas?
Published on 16 Jan 2008 at 6:20 pm.
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Several days ago, several people near Stephenville, Texas, apparently saw something in the sky that they did not recognize. For those who have not heard of Stephenville (and I expect that is almost everyone not from around these parts), it is a town SW of Fort Worth. With a population of about […]
