The Inbox Magazine on Astronomy News, Sky Events, and Astronomy in Everyday Life
A twice-monthly newsletter that began May 2021, and that:
* brings the most interesting news stories (This Just In) which connect to the current night sky,
* contains a textual and visual two-week Sky Planning Calendar, using the Moon’s wanderings to find the planets and other objects, notes on the Planets and events,
* our astronomical horoscope musings, Border Crossings,
* Observing — Plan-et covers the Solar System happenings in the sky,
* For the Future–upcoming events you should be aware of,
* and the quirky findings of Astronomy in Everyday Life.
The Galactic Times also offers other occasional features and articles including travel stories with an astronomical bent, software information, and other things…the universe is vast…..
Many stories come from the latest news in world astronomy conferences and journals. All the stories are authoritatively written by astronomer, journalist and educator Dr. Larry Krumenaker.
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The Latest Six Issues: (click here to go to All Posts)
- TGT #24W- When Does The Year Actually End? – Start of the Year Moongazing, & More!
TGT 12/15/24: Sky Planning Calendar–Moon Passes Every Evening Planet, or Covers It (Hello, Mars, Bye, Mars!), Ditto Seven Sisters; Deeper Looks–The New Year is Not When You Think (Yikes!) - TGT #24V- Planets in Opposition – Watching Geminids Fly – Jupiter and Kepler’s Third Law, & More!
TGT 12/1/24: TCA: Observing Jupiter to Determine P^2 Really Does Equal A^3; AEL: More Cosmic Tiki Drinks; SPC:Meteor Shower and Occultations, The X of Taurus, View 5 Brightest ‘Stars’; Holiday Sales! - TGT #24U- Leonid Showers, Present and Future – People of the 13th Sign – Neptune on Earth, & More!
TGT 11/16/24: Deeper Looks: When Stars Fell on Alabama, and Will Again; Sky Planning: Four Bright Planets in Eve, Two in Dawn; AEL: Neptune Signs; TCA: The Sun in THREE Signs This Month! - TGT #24T – Can You Get Conked by a Meteor Shower? – Saturns for Cloudy Nights – Finding Planets in Different Ways
TGT 11/1/24: All Five Evening Planets Found by Time, Brightness, or Moon Passage; Saturnian Night Life; Can You Be Hit By A Taurid Meteor? Maybe…. - TGT #24S – Viewing Comet 2023 A3 – “Fireball” Orionids Peak in Moonlight – More Stories & Sky Info.
TGT 10/17/24: All Five Planets in Evening…At Some Time; Shower of Fireballs; AEL—Mini-Moon, Go Away Quick!; Observing Comet 2023 A3 in Evenings; TCA-Resources, Pedagogical Ideas from DPS & Rubin - #24R- The Hodges Meteorite – October Eclipses (or Nearly) – Giant Planets ‘on’ Earth – Comet A3
TGT 10/1/24: Handling A Million Dollar Rock From Space; Naked Eye Comet and Four Planets in the Evenings; Jupiter and Saturn on Earth; An Eclipse Good for Travel, An Eclipse You Have to Imagine.
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