Category: Sky scapes


How many super moons in 2019?

Moon rising File photo KDG

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.

Moon Base Alpha…

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. 

Waxing to…

MOON

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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File Photo KDG

On this Day: October 1st 1958

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration opens for business.

Thanks for digital photography…

Full harvest moon tonight…

 

MOON

Moon rising , Merritt BC       File  photo KDG

The higher the latitude the  greater the effect of the harvest moon. The northern hemisphere were we are has the benefit of diminishing daylight at this time making the effect more pronounced.

On this Day: September 25th 1977

Four thousand + people run the first Chicago Marathon.

Full moon this Friday 27th

 

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File Photo KDG

There is a partial solar eclipse on Friday as well ,however it will not be able to be seen from Merritt. Antarctica, Australia and perhaps parts of India the event will be seen . However if you are in a dark sky area the full moon in the summer sky should be enjoyable. The forecast is for clear skies all weekend with a hot 37 C in the Nicola Valley, Merritt BC Ca.

The moon will be completely full  here in BC is 1: 20 PM…

 

On this Day: July 25th 1868

Wyoming becomes a territory of the US.

Apex of the suns way… Tonight!

 

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The sun west of Merritt, Red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season in the Sothern interior of BC File Photo KDG

A trip around the Milky Way galaxy center is called a cosmic year. Tonight the sun reaches its half way point in the orbit.

Our Milky Way galaxy is a collection of several hundred billion stars. It has an estimated diameter of 100,000 light-years. Our sun does indeed circumnavigate the Milky Way galaxy. In space, everything moves. There are various estimates for the speed the sun travels through the galaxy, but its speed is about 140 miles per second. Source earth sky news.

And it so happens that astronomers know which star the sun is moving toward in its journey around the galaxy. Our sun and family of planets travel more or less toward the star Vega – and away from the star Sirius. Unsurprisingly, Vega and Sirius lie in opposite directions in Earth’s sky.

 

Look for Vega at West to Norwest. One estimate of a Cosmic year is 230 million years; this must in our minds mean that the earth is subject to different influences over the millennia including gravity and weather .

On this Day: January 16th 1934

The Harlem Apollo theater reopens in New York.

TGIF-Last super moon of the year Sunday…

MOON

Moon rising
File photo KDG

December 3rd, Sunday ,will see the years last full moon, and it’s last super moon as well. A super moon is a full moon when the moon is closer to the earth then normal. The event will be followed by two more in January on the 2nd and 31st. This makes a blue super moon on the 31st of January 2018. ( a good omen to some) science to others. There is more .:The last moon in January will be a full Lunar eclipse. You better plan  a good new year party to be prepared for any thing…

On the Day: December 1st 1924

The Boston Bruins becomes the first American city to play in the NHL.

Harvest moon

MOON

Moon rising
File photo KDG

Tonight will see an October full moon. Moons at this time are known as harvest moons as the ability to work into the night at harvest was a boon for farmers.
The moon will be full at 8:40:08 Central European Time or 11:40:08 Pacific Daylight Time.

On this Day: October 5th 1970
PBS is organized.

Sign Maintenance

Sign take workers to heights Photo KDG

Signage takes workers to heights
Photo KDG

A long way up for the competing signs coming into Merritt from the North,

On this Day: April 21 753

Romulus founds Rome:

Natural wonder

The natural wonder of this world gives credence to every moment of life. Kevin Griffiths

Today in History, December 21,1962

Rondane Park becomes Norway’s first national park

sun set

 

Recent sun set reflects forest fires to the west.

/Today in History, August 26 1987

President Ronald Reagan proclaims Sept 11 as ” Emergency number day”