that require a lot of snow removal. File Photo KDG
White Christmas 2020, somebodies weather gives us ours.
On this Day : December 24th 1974
Cyclone Tracy hits Australia.
Category: Sky scapes
that require a lot of snow removal. File Photo KDG
A planetary alignment will be seen in a progression to the winter solstice, a once in 600 years bright “star event.” for Jupiter and Saturn .The event will be seen in the southwest and even in daylight it should be able to be viewed.
The winter solstice at 5:02 AM EST, Monday December 21st 2020.
The planets will be aligned for the solstice and the days will begin to get longer in daylight hence.
Mixture of sun and clouds Merritt forecast for the 21st, Good luck on viewing where ever you are.
Update December 21st live stream…
On this Day: December 18th 1271
Kubla Khan renames his empire “Yuan”
Big things in the sky these days including a flower moon on the 7th. Should be a good day with plants breaking out for the season.
On this Day: April 30th 1998
CERN says www protocols to be free.
Its probably not blue in color or mood sensitive but here’s a thought save any unnecessary grief (dumping ) on your future and the future of the planet, global warming and conflict in a jar of thoughts and trash it under the next blue moon fully 8 months away. Tell me if it helped…
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October 31st 2020 Blue moon
The time between one full moon and the next is close to the length of a calendar month. So the only time one month can have two full moons is when the first full moon happens in the first few days of the month. This happens every two to three years, so these sorts of Blue Moons come about that often.
Earth sky news
On this Day: January 17th 1773
The Antarctic circle crossed by sailors of Great Britain.
Full moon also a wolf moon.
The moon is full and its rising tonight. It will come with a lunar eclipse that will be seen in Asia viewing of the eclipse is poor in north America because of its time. A wolf moon is in some minds a traditions a moon that wolfs howl a lot at. The Moon to night is the first of 13 for 2020.
On this Day: January 9th 1431
An investagation for a trail of Joan of arc begins in Rouen.
Have a good weekend.
Full moon tonight at 21:38 UTC
Buck moon
The moon will be full at 2:38 PDT today and it will be a buck moon. A buck moon is based on the fact that male deer begin to regrow their antlers in July. this was observed by North American Indians.
Last partial lunar eclipse of the year. Half Blood Moon.
The last lunar eclipse of 2019 will begin at 11:43 PM PTD and last until 5:17 PDT . it is on Apollo 11 day and it will be a half blood moon.
Eclipse not viewable in North America.
The partial lunar eclipse will be able to be seen from Africa, South America, Europe and Australia, streaming available. Vancouver can look forward to enjoying a brilliant full moon for the next few days.
Black moon
July 31st will see a second new moon this month. A second new moon is called a black moon.
On this Day: July 16th 2004
Millennium Park is opened in Chicago
At @8:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time tomorrow morning summer begins for us in the Northern Hemisphere. There will be about 16 and a half hours of daylight making it the longest day of the year. Then the daylight will decrease until the fall equinox.
On this Day: June 20th 1990
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
According to many sources June has been a great month for blue night clouds. Noctilicent clouds have a stunning visual effect. They are made by ice crystals that are only visible in the twilight. They may be the result of increased methane in the atmosphere. The effect is also visible when the sun is low in the horizon and sunlight is still lighting white clouds.
On this Day: June 14th 1872
Trade Unions are legalized in Canada.
Sunday saw a total lunar eclipse of the moon high in the sky because of the season. It resulted in a great dark sky. The total eclipse lasted 61 minutes as the moon sat like a washed pearl in a black abyss .
On this Day: May 26th 2021
The next total lunar eclipse…
A moon coming to within 90 percent of its closest approach or 364,740 Kilometers of earth is super moon according to a 1979 definition.The next one is next week On January 21st. The year 2019 will see 3 more, August 1st and 3oth, and September 28th!
January’s moon a blood moon.
Next weeks moon is to be a blood moon where the shadow of the earth gets on the moon when all lined up with the sun and makes an eclipse.
Farmers Almanac take:
Totality will last a bit longer than average: 1 hour and 2 minutes. The eclipse will actually begin when the Moon enters the faint outer portion (called the penumbra) of the Earth’s shadow about an hour before it begins moving into the umbra. The penumbra, however, is all but invisible to the eye until the Moon becomes deeply immersed in it. Sharp-eyed viewers may get their first glimpse of the penumbra as a faint “smudge” on the left part of the Moon’s disk about a half hour after it first enters the penumbral shadow.
Source Farmers Almanac, Joe Rao
On this Day: January 16th 1964
Hello Dolly opens on Broadway to begin a run to nearly 3000 performances.
As reflected in NASA’s Exploration Campaign, the next step in human spaceflight is the establishment of U.S. preeminence in cislunar space through the operations and the deployment of a U.S.-led Gateway. Together with the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion, the Gateway is central to advancing and sustaining human space exploration goals and is the unifying single stepping off point in our architecture for human cislunar operations, lunar surface access and missions to Mars. The Gateway is necessary to achieving the ambitious exploration campaign goals set forth by Space Policy Directive 1. Through partnerships both domestic and international, NASA will bring innovation and new approaches to the advancement of these U.S. human spaceflight goals Source NASA
Nasa official site May 2018
On this Day: November 21st, 2004
The Paris club writes off up to a 100 billon dollars of Iraq’s debt.
The people at Nasa have recently reinforced their commitment to space, the moon, and other planets by a new public relations display. The above statement is from May and you tube video from last week.
The people of earth are enriched by knowledge aquired every day by the fellowship of the discovery of the unknown and we should be grateful for its free and unfettered access. It truly is a shared goal. Good luck to the people of planet earth and may all new knowledge find place in attending the problems of this world.
Moon rising File photo KDG
October 24th hunters moon
The Hunters moon is coming, it will be completely full at 9:45 AM tomorrow morning here in the south central part of BC.
No matter where you live worldwide, look for a full-looking moon in the east as the sun goes down over the next several evenings. This full or full-looking moon will cross our skies throughout the night, as seen from around the globe. source earth sky
To get a good picture of the moon you need a stabilized camera platform and a remote shutter device. Smart phone do not give good photos.
The moon will be large and bright for a numbers of days including tonight.
On this Day: October 23rd 2015
Hurricane Patricia hits Mexico with record winds.
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