Monthly Star Map
Monthly Star Map April
The winter constellation Gemini (Twins), Orion, Taurus, (Bull) are in the south. The plejades are twinkling, standing between Perseus and Cassiopeia. In the East the blue Sirius of the Canis Major, (Big Dog), helps you to find the unicorn and the white Prokyon in Canis Minor (Little Dog). On the ecliptic lie the Cancer and the Lion. The lion is a big constellation with the bright star Regulus.
North the Great Bear (Ursa Major), and the Ursa Minor (little bear). The dragon, Cepheus, cygnus (Swan) are to find in the North.
West: there are Andromeda, Pegasus, triangulum, aries, pisces (fishes)
Near the southern horizont there are Eridanus and Cetus.
Orion the hunter has three promenent stars in the middle, the Orion belt. You find Betelgeuze at his schoulder, a red giant and Rigel at his foot. Rigel twinkels in blue-white.
My Book "Astronomie der Jahrhunderte - eine Wissenschaft und ihre Philosophie" has not been translated into English. You find the book on my German site.
The Solar Eclipse in America was a wonderfull thing to look at. You can see it at Nasa in a live stream.
Will we see a solar eclipe on every planet. We will only see a solar eclipse on Earth. The distance of the Moon and his dimater fits ecactly the diameter of the sun.
During totality you see the corona and the red protuberances. It is dark and cool and you feel the wind. At the end of totality you see a dimond ring. And the Moon wanders and fee give the sun free.
The Moon Today
Four days after Full Moon
Monthly Star Map May
Planets in May
Wait A Little and you will see the Planets In a Fiew Months
Saturn can be found in the morning at dawn in the morning. Jupiter will reach his conjunction in June an is not to be seen. Neptun and Uranus are not observable in May. You can find Mars in the Morning. Wait until Autum to see the red planet. You cannot find Venus. Merkury will be seen in the East. The Morning light will avoid a chance to see Merkur.
Astronomie in der Stadt
My Book "Astronomie der Jahrhunderte - eine Wissenschaft und ihre Philosophie" has not been translated into English. You find the book on my German site.