Buttigieg is going for the “hope and change” voters. There was a word missing from the speech Pete Buttigieg gave in South Bend, Indiana, announcing his presidential campaign. It’s a word you heard twice in Bernie Sanders’s and Beto O’Rourke’s announcement speeches, nine times in Cory Booker’s, 21 times in Kirsten Gillibrand’s, 23 times in… Continue reading Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
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Moon to move between 2 colorful stars
On April 16, 17 and 18, 2019, look for the brilliant waxing gibbous moon plus 2 bright and beautiful stars, Arcturus and Spica. Then learn to find Arcturus and Spica when the moon has moved away. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-highlights-two-colorful-springtime-stars…
Clock time and sun time agree in mid-April
Sundial and clock agree every year in middle April. It means that, when the midday sun climbs highest, the sundial reads 12 noon and your local clock says 12 noon. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/sundial-noon-and-clock-noon-agree-in-middle-april…
Mercury below Venus in morning sky
Around now, look for Mercury below Venus before sunrise. Both will be in the east, near the sunrise point. Venus is very bright; Mercury is fainter and closer to the sunrise. On April 16, 2019, Mercury and Venus will be closest in the morning sky for all of 2019. They should fit into a single binocular field. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-below-venus-in-morning-sky-2…
Use the moon to locate the Crab on April 13
Cancer the Crab is famous, but faint. You likely won’t see it tonight, in the moon’s glare. But you’ll see bright stars around it, and they can guide you to Cancer when the moon moves away. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/use-moon-to-find-faint-cancer-the-crab…
Moon and Gemini stars on April 12
Watch for Gemini’s 2 brightest stars – Castor and Pollux – near tonight’s moon. On the other side of the moon, you’ll see a 3rd bright star. It’s Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/are-geminis-castor-and-pollux-whales…
Moon in Winter Circle April 10 and 11
On April 10 and 11, 2019, look for the waxing moon and Winter Circle (or Winter Hexagon) stars. It’s difficult to convey the humongous size of the Winter Circle that fills our western sky at dusk and nightfall now. This great star pattern even dwarfs the mighty constellation Orion the Hunter. In fact – as… Continue reading Moon in Winter Circle April 10 and 11
Leo? Here’s your constellation
Constellation Leo. Photo via Dennis Chabot of POSNE NightSky. Of the 13 constellations of the zodiac, Leo the Lion ranks as one of the easiest to identify in the night sky. Most people find Leo by looking first for a distinctive pattern on the sky’s dome: the pattern of a backwards question mark. That star… Continue reading Leo? Here’s your constellation
Go young moon hunting!
Many skywatchers enjoy seeing the young moon return each month to the west after sunset. If you’re one of them, now is the time to look for that fleet little moon that appears in the west at evening twilight, then sets before nightfall. Generally, any moon that’s less than one day old (or 24 hours… Continue reading Go young moon hunting!
Follow the arc to Arcturus, drive a spike to Spica
Follow the arc to Arcturus, and drive a spike to Spica. Scouts learn this phrase. Grandparents teach it to kids. It was one of the first sky tools I learned to use in astronomy. Follow the arc to Arcturus. Find the Big Dipper asterism in the northeastern sky in the evening sky this month, maybe… Continue reading Follow the arc to Arcturus, drive a spike to Spica