30 Apr -2.6 20:24:17 SSW 33
&
30 Apr -1.6 21:59:22 W 33
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Friday, April 30, 2010
Arcturus
Arcturus, which is the third-brightest star in the night sky, is high in the east at nightfall and high in the west at first light tomorrow. The light from Arcturus that reaches your eye tonight has been traveling through space since 1973.
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Thursday, April 29, 2010
ISS Tonight
29 Apr -3.3 21:35:42 WSW 80
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
ISS Tonight
28 Apr -2.6 21:10:54 SSW 32
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Venus, the "evening star"
Venus, the "evening star," is in Taurus, the bull, tonight. The orange star Aldebaran, to the upper left of Venus, represents the bull's eye. The dipper-shaped star cluster known as the Pleiades, the bull's shoulder, is to the lower right of Venus.
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Monday, April 26, 2010
ISS Tomorrow Morning
27 Apr -3.4 04:23:39 W 58
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Sunday, April 25, 2010
ISS Tomorrow Morning
26 Apr -2.5 03:59:55 NNW 49
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The planet Saturn
The planet Saturn is to the lower left of the Moon as darkness falls tonight, and looks like a bright golden star. A small telescope will reveal the planet's glorious rings.
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
ISS Tomorrow Morning
25 Apr -3.4 05:07:52 WNW 61
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
Friday, April 23, 2010
Farewell Orion
Orion, the hunter, is bowing out of the evening sky. He's low in the west at nightfall, and his stars begin dropping from view not long afterward. The constellation will be all but lost from sight by the middle of May.
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill
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