AstroEvent of the Week: A Solstice/Lunar Eclipse Tie-In.

 
   Astronomers and lovers of the dark rejoice; Monday we take begin to take back the night! The summer solstice occurs June 21st at 11:28UT; this is the point that the Sun is at its highest apparent northerly declination and begins its long march southward. If you’re down under, of course, it’s the beginning of [...]

Event of the Week: Happy Winter Solstice!

Brace yourselves; the Winter Solstice is upon us this week. This is the point at which the Sun reaches its lowest southerly declination and begins its long march northward. This makes for shortened days and long nights in the northern hemisphere and the reverse in the southern. Of course, its not the Sun that’s moving, [...]