Saturday, January 18, 2025

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

HomeTagsSunset

Tag: sunset

I WITNESS: TikTok… TikTok… BOOM!

Even though I consider it a goofy, boring waste of time, it has been difficult for me to understand why the federal government has been in such a lather about TikTok.

Skyline: A magical estate!

Mary Jane White offers Skyline, a magical estate high on a ridge line with views guaranteed to take your breath away.

EYES TO THE SKY: Summer stars rise as winter stars set. Venus and Mercury meet this week

As the Summer Triangle rises in the east-northeast, the last of the great stars of the Winter Circle set in the west-northwest.

EYES TO THE SKY: Not to be missed: International Dark Sky Week programs reach us at home; scintillating skies within reach

The distinguished presenters are excited to share their passion for astronomy, our cultural connection to the stars, life in the dark, and how we can work together to protect the night.

EYES TO THE SKY: Field guide to nightly entertainment

While we continue to learn how to dodge threats to our physical health from the pandemic, spring is arriving with opportunities to nurture mind and body in the safety of the outdoors.

EYES TO THE SKY: Spring stars rising, NEAF

The most outstanding spring star, orange-hued Arcturus, is the second brightest distant sun in northern skies.

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: Cygnus the Swan soars as Summer Triangle sets

Now, stretched out on the skyline from west to northwest as darkness gathers, the great triangle is particularly impressive, but fleeting.

EYES TO THE SKY: Sun’s New Year, dawn and dusk planets

At nightfall, orange Deneb Kaitos, of the faint constellation Cetus the Whale (or Sea Monster), is clearly visible to the left and above Fomalhaut.

December haikus

When I wake up at 7 in the real morning and hear the long, detailed weather report, I feel... What can I say?

EYES TO THE SKY: Venus and Saturn, moon and meteors, Winter Solstice

Even though moonlight this year will overwhelm the light of many Geminid meteors, begin to look skyward every night at about 9 p.m., facing away from the moon.

EYES TO THE SKY: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon at dusk. Mars, Mercury dawn

As we approach the very shortest days of the year, the times of both dusk and dawn seem to belong more to daytime than night.

EYES TO THE SKY: Rise to the Hunter’s Moon, morning stars, meteors

Let morning stargazing begin! The darkness of night, when all naked eye stars and constellations are visible, prevails until about 5:35 a.m. this week and 5:50 a.m. at month’s end.

EYES TO THE SKY: Seasonal change written all over the sky

At nightfall the Great Square of Pegasus, harbinger of autumn, is sketched on the heavens above the eastern skyline.

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.
spot_img

The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.