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May 1 Morning  May Comet C2025 F2 SWAN? Passes Pleiades on May 1 & 2 But only 1-2 degrees up in a dark sky for us…likely visibility is going to be a challenge…much fainter than Tsuchen Atlas was back in October, that comet was Mag. 2 and could be tough to see 10-12 degree higher…Continue reading “Episode 480 – The Observer’s Calendar for May 2025 Show Notes”

April 1 – Crescent Moon pairs with Pleiades Also – try to spot -1.4 magnitude Sirius before sunset and you can try and follow Vega into the daytime sky this week April 5 – First quarter Moon / Mars pairs with Moon April 10 – Wargentin Pancake visible on moon. Located on the southwest sideContinue reading “Episode 477 – Observer’s Calendar for April 2025 Show Notes”

*M41: bright, magnitude 4.5, pinpoint stars in the Plossl eyepiece.  A great place to start, and some say, to end on a positive note. The only object viewed with the Plossl eyepiece. Cr121 is a mag 2.6 cluster 60 arcmin diameter.  There were about 2 dozen stars distinguishable in a loose structure characterized by 2Continue reading “Episode 473 – Sirius Observing in Canis Major Show Notes”

The Observer’s Calendar for March 2025 on Episode 472 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars. March 4 th is Pancake Tuesday March 5 –Continue reading “Episode 472 – Observer’s Calendar For March 2025 Show Notes”

Jan 1 – Happy New Year Jan 3- Venus 1.4 degrees N of Moon Quandrantid Meteors Peak ZHR 60 to 200 Jan 4 – Saturn 0.7 S of Moon – Occultation for very southern US and South America Jan 5- Neptune 1.1 S of Moon – Occultation for Central and North EU Jan 6 –Continue reading “Episode 463 – Observer’s Calendar January 2025 Show Notes”

Dec 1 Sunday  – New Moon Asteroid  13 Egeria at opposition m=9.9 Gasparis on November 2, 1850. Egeria was named by Urbain Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune, after the mythological nymph Egeria of Aricia, Italy, the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome. Dec 4 Wed. – Early eveningContinue reading “Episode 458 – Observer’s Calendar for December 2024”

We are still waiting on t Corona Borealis to Nova, goes every 80 yrs. Nov 1 – New Moon! Nov 3 – Mercury 2-degrees North of Moon, Mercury is basically right of the Moon just after Sunset. Nov 4 – Venus 3-degrees North of Moon These are the Halloween Fireballs The Taurids is an annualContinue reading “Episode 454 – The Observer’s Calendar for November 2024 Show Notes”

Look towards East or just north of east and it’s a pyramid shaped pillar of light pointing somewhat towards M45, the Pleiades star cluster Also an annular solar eclipse on this day…but only for extreme southern tip of South America and centre of Pacific…let us know if you see this Oct 5 – Venus asContinue reading “Episode 450 – Observer’s Calendar for October 2024”

Mercury is also paired with the Moon in morning, but might be tough Sept 3 – New Moon Sept 5 – Mercury at Greatest Elongation 18-degrees from Sun in Morning Sky Mars 0.9 degrees from OC M35 after midnight Sept  9 – Mercury 0.5 degrees North of Regulus in morning sky Sept 10 – AntaresContinue reading “Episode 446 – The Observer’s Calendar for September 2024 Show Notes”