http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/ North Star Astronomical Soc Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:07:20 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/128 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/128 The year 2013 may someday be known as "the year of the comets." If all goes well we may see two of the brightest comets in many years. Comet C/2011 L4 is a Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:58:57 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/127 This comet C/2012 S1 ISON is generating much speculation among cometary astronomers as it is already relatively bright and producing much dust considering it Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:44:24 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/126 This month Venus is rapidly catching up with Earth appearing high in the sky at the begining of the month but over the next couple of months appearing ever Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:07:41 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/125 This week the moon and Mercury and Uranus and Venus and Jupiter all line up in the Western sky after sunset. All can be seen easily with the naked eye except Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:22:18 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/124 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/124 Last night many people reported seeing a grand display of northern lights radiating from the Zenith to the horizon. They were intense and this is what one Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:07:27 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/123 Jupiter is now well placed for observing it's red spot and it nightly dance with it's moons and is found high in the south at 11PM. The sun has been very Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:24:47 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/122 This week might be a good week to start looking for Perseid meteors after midnight as the moon is not blasting the dark sky with its brilliant light and the Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:11:41 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/121 A new year has begun here while at your house last year still endures. This morning I awoke to see the new moon in the old moon's arms as it slowly swung like Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:20:50 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/120 This months lunar eclipse is a unique combination: the deep, dark night of the Winter Solstice on December 20, 2010, the timing of a bright winter full moon, Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:31:02 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/119 With a bright gibbous moon and the light and air polltion caused by 4 million people in the city in China that I teach in the conditions were very bad for Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:52:51 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/118 As expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field on August 3rd. The impact, which occurred around 1730 UT, sparked a polar geomagnetic Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:45:34 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/117 Last night Venus and Mercury were a pretty sight in the Western Twilight and as twilight deepened into night the Aurora brightened the northern skies with a Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:46:51 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/116 Mercury and Venus are a pretty sight in the Western twilight, within a few degrees of each other these next few nights. I observed them both last night even Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:38:14 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/115 Yesterday I observed Mercury and Venus low in the west during twilight and both were easily visible at 8:22 PM. Also the first visual discovery of a comet in Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:10:27 GMT comet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northstarastronomical/message/114 Mercury and Venus will present a lovely sight low in the Western Twilight over the next 3 weeks with their closest approach on April 3rd and 4th. In another 4