It is that time of the year again for the Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids Meteor Shower is the most popular meteor shower for the general populous since it occurs in the warm month of August and usually puts on a good show. The shower generally starts around August 6 and runs through about August 18. The peak […]
In more ancient skies the constellation Ophiuchus was shown as an Eagle holding a serpent, its enemy in its mouth and coming down on the scorpion with its talons about to rip it apart. I have only read about this many years ago and have forgotten where I have seen it. But that makes more […]
There will be an interesting alignment of the moon and seven of the nine planets orbiting the sun on June 24, 2022. Other than Earth, Pluto is the only other planet that is not in this lineup. Pluto is no longer considered a planet by most Astronomers because of its small size. Pluto is now […]
About every 2,250 years, the Vernal Equinox changes from one of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac to the next Sign. The astronomical term for this event is the Precession of the Equinox. The last time this occurred was in 68 BCE, when the Vernal Equinox passed from the Sign Aries to the Sign Pisces. […]
There will be a very close conjunction of the planets Jupiter (Zedek) and Mars (Adom) between the constellations Pisces (the Two Houses of Israel) and Cetus (the Beast from Sea), in the early morning (about forty-five minutes before sunrise) on May 29. See the charts below from the May 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope, […]