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Saturn and its moons: reaching a total of 145

22 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

With the recent discovery of 62 new moons, the Lord of the Rings regains its position at the top of the podium for planets with the most natural satellites, reclaiming the spot it had to concede to Jupiter a few months ago. The discovery was announce...

Huygens, the (slightly) nearsighted astronomer

16 Mar 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Extraordinary astronomer of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was also a telescope designer. But his instruments were not always up to the standards of the time. According to Alexander Pietrow, a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Astr...

The Night Sky Show: Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer and closer

15 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

The two solar system giants are having an ever closer conjunction.   After the total solar eclipse seen in Chile and Argentina, the night sky gives you another great show. Just after the sunset, 2 hours long period, Jupiter and Saturn are clearly vis...

Time For Change

11 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Sienzuf

As Saturn (looks like a "h" in the image) and Jupiter (looks like the number 4) move into Aquarius and becoming conjunct it's a perfect climax to the year 2020. They are both moving from the Earth element to the Air element. There is many an Astrolog...

Balance

16 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Sienzuf

Thinking about what I wrote yesterday I wanted to make it clear what I was trying to convey. All these techniques like Palmistry, Tarot and Astrology to name a few are an amazing way to look at this three-dimensional world. They are fantastic tools t...

Mercury Square Saturn

2 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Sienzuf

With Mercury currently retrograde and square to Saturn, it will be quite an interesting day. Retrogrades happen when Earth is passing or being passed by other planets. It reminds me of being on a stationary train, looking out the window and seeing an...

Saturn looking Moon "kiss" Jupiter

21 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Hello everyone, i shotted this photo during my holiday in Fuerteventura. This astronomical phenomenon is called "conjuction" and it verifies when 2 celestial body apparently seems closed. It's not so rare looking at this phenomenon: Moon in particula...