Friday, April 30, 2010

ISS Tonight - Twice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ISS Tomorrow Morning

25 Apr -3.4 05:07:52 WNW 61

- 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