28 September 2011 by Tristan Gooley
A blog of two halves for you today.
Late September can bring some of the best early evening experiences for those who enjoy looking upwards.
Visibility is likely to fluctuate a bit, but it looks as though we may get some of the best stargazing weather of the year over the next few nights. It promises to be warm enough to enjoy long spells outside, but without the crazily late sunsets of midsummer.
I’ll point out a few of the things worth looking for in a minute, but first just a few words about this weather.
On my courses I encourage people to take note of shifts in wind direction and how this relates to changes in weather patterns. If the weather is unseasonably warm or cold, we should expect some deviation from the prevailing wind direction, southwest.
The image above shows the UK (at lunchtime tomorrow) sandwiched neatly between…
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Tags: altair, aquila, brightest star in the sky, cygnus, deneb, jupiter, lyra, navigators triangle, north star, planets, Sirius, stars, summer triangle, vega, venus, weather, wind direction |
16 March 2009 by Tristan Gooley
If the plan survives contact with the enemy, then our younger son goes to bed at the same time, 7pm, every night. Part of his bedtime routine, after bath, milk and a story is for him to run up to one of us and demand to see the Moon. Unfortunately we are not able to oblige with a view of the Moon every evening, much in the same way that we cannot find enough cake in the universe to satisfy his desires. Our alternative tactic to cake is usually a sweet fruit snack, cheese, raisins etc. The alternative for the Moon, on a clear night will be a bright star.
Sirius is very visible on clear nights at this time to the south. Unfortunately last night it was obscured by a tree branch. Nature is obliging enough to make the stars rise 4 minutes earlier each evening and so…
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Tags: brightest star in the sky, Sirius, stars rise 4 minutes earlier |
A blog of two halves for you today.
