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Groundbreaking director of ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ coming to Triplex to talk about movie, new book

Following a showing of the movie starring Madonna and Rosanna Arquette, Seidelman will talk about “Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls.”

EYES TO THE SKY: Find Orion or Gemini and tell ‘Globe at Night’: Here’s how

Globe at Night is the international organization that has created a way for individuals to report what stars we see in just one constellation in the cycle or cycles you choose.

EYES TO THE SKY: Crescent moon, planets to bedazzle the dawn, dusk

The celestial drama of the waning moon with planets unfolds at dawn within 20 degrees of the southeast horizon.

EYES TO THE SKY: All night planets Saturn, Jupiter. Overnight astronomy holiday

All summer, Saturn will be visible at least until midnight, before setting in the southwest as the Sun rises in the northeast.

EYES TO THE SKY: Summer nightlife, Summer Triangle, Jupiter’s triangles, Mercury

Whereas Altair’s magnitude remains constant going forward, Mercury dims and, of more significance, sets a minute or two earlier every night this week.

EYES TO THE SKY: Jupiter shines all night. Sun’s longest days

It will be about an hour after sunset, when the sky darkens, that unaided eyes will first observe the great planet above the southeastern skyline.

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: Mornings with the gods, and other wonders

Add a cosmic perspective to this culmination in our solar system by being outdoors 60 to 75 minutes before sunrise, when the stars of our galaxy populate the dark sky.

EYES TO THE SKY: Sky-high drama! Total eclipse of the Moon 20th to 21st. Paired planets epiphany.

See January’s shining Full Wolf Moon go dark, the stars appear in a nearly moonless sky and the brilliant orb return to full light, outshining all but the brightest distant suns.

EYES TO THE SKY: Majestic Summer Triangle tilting west

At this time of year, midway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, the stars Vega, Altair and Deneb are positioned high in the south at twilight.

EYES TO THE SKY: The Year of Planet Mars

Yes, that’s the catch: We don’t have to travel far, but we do have to wake up early to witness this celestial wonder at its inception.
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