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GREAT CONJUNCTION:       A great conjunction in the east south east sky tonight. Perfect visibility here in Winnipeg with Jupiter slightly ...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: THE BLUE MOON THAT ENDS THE DECADE: Tonight, as the decade ends, we will have the unusual event of a "blue moon...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: THE CATALOG OF EXOPLANETS : Here's an interesting item that Molly just received today in her inbox from the Pl...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY : EVIDENCE FOR EARLY LIFE ON EARTH-ON THE MOON !!!: The following is a thought provoking article from Space.Com. .......

HOLIDAYS: WELCOME TO SUMMER !!!! .................................. HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE (AND MIDSUMMER YET TO COME): Today was the day...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: THE RESURRECTION OF "PLANET X": The search for planets beyond the traditional 6 visible planets has usual...

ASTRONOMY: DO WE HAVE A CLOSER NEIGHBOUR THAN WE THINK ? It has long been famous that Alpha Centauri is our closest stellar neighbour....

HOLIDAYS: HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!! Today is Chinese New Year, the most important festival in the Chinese calender. The year we are enterin...

HARVEST MOON TODAY: AND EQUILUX TOO: Today is the day of this year's Harvest Moon. The exact time of the event is when the Moon re...

WELCOME TO FALL: THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX: Tomorrow morning at 4:51 am CDT (9:51 UT) the fall equinox will arrive.You can convert this to your o...

EQUINOXES : At the time of the Spring (Vernal) Equinox this year Molly posted on matters concerning equinoxes in general. To read this befor...

FALL EQUINOX: WELCOME TO AUTUMN: The Fall Equinox will arrive this Sunday, September 23rd at 4:51 am. The Equinox is the exact time when day...

AURIGID METEOR SHOWER REPORTS: The online space news site Space.Com has published a story written by Peter Jenniskens of the airborne M...

PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE COMING UP ON SEPT 11: VISIBLE ONLY FROM SOUTH AMERICA: On Tuesday, September 11 th the second partial solar eclipse w...

OCCULTATION OF THE PLEIADES TONIGHT: As Molly mentioned yesterday (see Sept. 1- 'Lunar Occultation of the Pleiades Tomorrow') tonigh...

COMING LATER TONIGHT: MORE ON THE AURIGID METEOR SHOWER, EARLY MORNING SEPT 1: TELLING MORE ABOUT THE 'MAYBE METEOR SHOWER': M...