Tag: astronomy

Huge Sunspot Group Now Observable – Homepage Observing – SkyandTelescope.com

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Huge-Sunspot-Group-Now-Observable-238722851.html

Right about now I’m regretting the decision to return the Dob back to the club. It was great for solar observing.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

See Jupiter at its best | Astronomy.com

http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2013/12/see-jupiter-at-its-best?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite

If it weren’t for the Arctic blast of subzero temperatures tonight I might crack open the binoculars for a gaze at Jupiter.

I think it will still be there in a few days when it warms back up closer to the freezing point.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

The Sky this Week: December 20–29, 2013 | Astronomy.com

http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2013/12/december-2029-2013

Giving equal time to the other astronomy publication.

Also interesting for those of us in the Central time zone,  Winter begins at 11:11 am tomorrow.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon