In Vineyard Skies
Groundhog Day and along with it the start of February has significance for anyone who enjoys milder starry nights.
Saturday’s Ice Moon, a full moon, appears between the zodiacal constellations Gemini and Cancer.
On Tuesday night, the gibbous moon occults Aldebaran, one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
Two bright planets, Venus and Saturn, appear as a close pair Saturday morning, an hour before sunrise.
The crescent moon will appear close to the red planet Mars in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Share the holiday celebrations with two celestial objects in the night sky this New Year’s Eve.
Here it comes. We’ve got both Christmas and a Full Moon approaching.
The Geminid meteor shower takes place on Sunday and Monday nights and is usually the best meteor shower of the year.
A thin crescent moon appears close to the brilliant planet Venus on Monday. It is an early morning event.
The moon appears Friday night in the gibbous phase but ends the coming week as a crescent.
We’ve got a full moon next Wednesday and we call it the Bay Scallop Moon, to honor one of the Vineyard’s most appreciated bivalves.
If you’ve had trouble getting oriented with the stars overhead, finding the Big Dipper may be a challenge.