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 Hey, Space Placers! Ever wanted to take a pic of the night sky?  If so, tune in to my presentation on Facebook   or on You Tube . I hope you will watch, learn, and then try out your camera on the sky! Enjoy! Sky Guy in VA

 Hey, Space Placers - A RARE TWO-FER DAY!!!!!! Please join  Insight Cruises  for the sure-to-be spectacular ~6-minute Total Solar Eclipse in North Africa in August 2027. When should you book your eclipse adventure?   NOW. IMMEDIATELY. PRONTO. AT THIS VERY MOMENT. RIGHT AWAY. AT ONCE. THIS INSTANT. WITHOUT DELAY. Hotels in Cairo, Luxor, and up and down the Nile River are sold out, booked several years ago by established travel companies like  Insight Cruises  . Ditto for boats and yachts on the Nile. Day by day, eclipse travel options are selling out, vanishing at an amazing pace. But YOU still have a few options today — with  Insight Cruises  . In Luxor: Ship-based housing AND with a Nile River cruise for dinner each evening. Hotel rooms Nile Cruises Ship-based housing (4 nights on a moored cruise ship) followed by an ultra luxury cruise (5 nights) with an Abu Simbel visit (Option 14) Click here for more details In the Mediterranean: A 14-day...

 Hey, Space Placers! Ever wanted to take a picture of what you were seeing in the sky?  Tune in tonight and you are on your way to doing so!  My presentation will be LIVE starting at 9:30 PM EDT and you tune in via Zoom or Facebook Live. From the Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP): To access the Zoom link, you can scan the poster's QR code with your smartphone, or you can go directly to the Zoom registration page.  By the way, everyone needs to register first in order to get the Zoom link for the webinar. You can click on the link below for the Zoom registration page. Registration is free, quick and easy -- all you need to do is to fill out your name and email address, and the Zoom link will be sent to you automatically: https://bit.ly/3ZF5HIy I hope you tune in! Sky Guy in VA

Hey, Space Placers! Rising Full Moon In Earth's Shadow and Belt of Venus Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Greg Redfern Did you know that you can see astronomical objects in daylight?  Check out the article   for more info and tips. To be honest I didn't know that the International Space Station (ISS) could be seen during the day. But with the brightness of ISS - rivaling Jupiter - it is now my list to hunt for. One other item you should look for every day, TWICE a day, is the Earth's Shadow . As the Sun begins to sink below the western horizon at sunset and rise in the eastern horizon before dawn, you will see the dark grayish band along those horizons topped by a band of pinkish color - the "Belt of Venus".  It takes a clear view of the horizons and a clear sky to see them but it is worth it as we can see the onset of a new day or the beginning of a new night amongst the stars. I see each sunset when at sea and sometimes the dawn too.  Full Moon Rising In Earth...

 Hey, Space Placers! Look at these GALAXIES!!! It looks like a tidal stream in the image. What is this in the center of the pic? Is it an elliptical galaxy with low density so we can see the far more distant galaxies behind it?      What is this streak of apparent illuminated material in space?  This image is looking thought the outer parts of a major galaxy which is the "haze". The big blue blob we see BEHIND it  looks like an irregular galaxy. We can also see more distant galaxies in the image. When "First Look" for VRO took place there was mention of an app called SKYVIEWER .  I finally got around to downloading it and HOLY COW, it is simply out of this world, literally. We are used to seeing the grand images of JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE but with VRO we see such a large image and in such detail and depth it takes your breath away looking at them. With SKYVIEWER you can explore so much, either on your own or in the provided Guided Tours. These image...

 Hey, Space Placers! Australia's iconic bogong moth, which migrates hundreds of kilometres each year to a few select caves in the Australian Alps. Credit: Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University CREDIT: NATURE Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me. Yesterday we saw the VRO FIRST LOOK. Today we learn how the Bogong moths follow the stars home. Truly incredible and proof how we are all tied to the Universe. Sky Guy in SWELTERING VA