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I WITNESS: Erasing democracy is easier than you think

Donald Trump is a zero-sum kind of a guy. He only feels that he has won if everyone else loses, and in order for everyone to lose, they have to be destroyed.

EYES TO THE SKY: Spring Triangle inside the Great Diamond

While venturing out at nightfall to enjoy the asterisms, be sure to appreciate the Crow careening in the south and the full figure of the Lion striding high in the southwest.

EYES TO THE SKY: Corvus the Crow eyes Virgo’s jewel star, Spica

In Greek mythology, the Crow, Apollo’s sacred bird, got into trouble that resulted in the god catapulting the offender and his companions into the sky.

EYES TO THE SKY: Arc to Arcturus, herald of spring. March 10 Eastern Daylight Time

Wherever the Big Dipper is in the sky, simply “arc to Arcturus” to be assured that you have located the second brightest star visible in northern skies.

EYES TO THE SKY: Four constellations, two asterisms, two summer stars, three planets and a meteor shower

The Draconids, a minor shower, sometimes rewards the sky-gazer with many shooting stars.

EYES TO THE SKY: Navigating a summer night

Tonight, the 9th, Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, is in conjunction with Venus.

EYES TO THE SKY: Bird watcher’s spring constellation and the Astronomical Magnitude Scale

As described on the Astronomical Magnitude Scale, celestial objects with a negative number through 0m are visible with the naked eye even in large cities.

EYES TO THE SKY: Spring star Arcturus, planet Jupiter, full Egg Moon, more NEAF

You’ll know Arcturus by remembering to “arc to Arcturus” – simply follow the curve of the Dipper’s handle until you arrive at a big, orange star, the second brightest star in northern skies, second only to Sirius the Dog Star.

EYES TO THE SKY: Pointer stars, planets; aphelion on the 4th

Whether from a metropolis or wilderness, polluted or pristine skies, sky gazers are turning to the west to see the first light from space.

EYES TO THE SKY: Mercury, Jupiter, spring stars and constellations

As spring stars and constellations rise in the east and travel the heavens all night, winter’s dazzling stars and constellations are poised to set in the west before midnight.

BOB GRAY: Summer Solstice

Scarce starlight in the double glowing of the night sky remind us the Soltice is really about light, long days of summer so easy to live with, encouraging us to forget caution and prudence, and, like sky night, burn our candles at both ends.
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