The Hero Takes the Zenith: This week on the Storyteller’s Night Sky
This season the mighty constellation of the hero Hercules sweeps across the zenith, the uppermost part of the night sky, […]
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July 16 A Day to be Reckoned With
The Moon will be Full this week on July 16th, a rather peculiar day in history, and one to be […]
Prometheus at the Galactic Center
The planet Saturn, the Titan god of the old order, opposes the Sun this week, while standing on the opposite […]
Jupiter and Saturn Take the Evening Sky this Summer as the Pillars of Wisdom
There’s a terrific mystery being staged in the night sky this summer, where the planets Jupiter and Saturn are appearing […]
Finding Stars the Way Bo Peep Finds Sheep
Constellation-hopping is one of the ways you can find your way around the night sky, and this week it can […]
Fragaria vesca* and the mystery of the Moon
This terrific photo of the Strawberry Moon over Lake Superior was taken by Grant Johnson in 2016. You can check […]
When We’re Perpendicular to the Milky Way ~ from the archives
In the land of the “Storyteller’s Night Sky” there’s a lot of whimsy and rhyme and ‘once upon a time’, […]
Tycho and Copernicus Change the World
Did you know that in the 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe measured hundreds of stars and created a popular […]
Mercury and the Moon Make Rare Moves May 16 and 18 in 2019
At the middle of this week, Mercury comes to what I’ll call its “Full” phase, and at the end of […]
The Crescent Moon Opens a Door Through History This Week
Nearly 1000 years ago, a star went super nova in the region of the Bull’s Horns, in Taurus, and this […]