Your Guide To Sky Watching In 2021 3 Supermoons 2 Blood Moons And A
Are you one of the millions of people who started watching the night sky in 2020? Maybe it was a hobby and you just wanted to learn a few constellations. Perhaps the stars kept you company. Being immersed in the vastness of the night sky and its unending rhythms—and learning how to know and navigate the night—may even have given you a powerful new perspective. Either way, you may be now entering your second year of stargazing. The closing weeks of 2020 were impressive indeed, with a dazzling “Christmas Star” or “great conjunction” of planets just before Christmas and a spectacular total solar eclipse, while the preceding months saw a “Blue Moon” on Halloween and a stunning and rare bright Comet NEOWISE in July. Now get ready for a new line-up of intoxicating celestial sights! Here are the highlights for stargazers, moongazers and sky-watchers in 2021. When: Monday, April 27, 2021/ Wednesday, May 26, 2021/Thursday, June 24, 2021Where: look east at sunset to see a moonriseWhat is a supermoon? It’s a full Moon that coincides (or thereabouts) with the Moon’s perigee—the closest point in the Moon’s monthly orbit that it comes to Earth. It’s a result of the Moon’s orbit being slightly elliptical, which make the full Moon sometimes looks slightly larger. In 2021 that will happen three times:When: just after sunset on Saturday, January 9, 2021Where to look: southwestern horizonThis one won’t be easy, but it’s our last chance to see Jupiter and Saturn before they move into the Sun’s glare for some weeks (to emerge in the pre-dawn night sky). It also comes with the added bonus of little planet Mercury, which few people take the trouble to find. You’ll need a view very low to the west-southwest horizon, and you’ll also need to observe immediately after sunset. Look low on the horizon—preferably using binoculars—and you should be able to briefly see these three worlds form a small triangle. When: Two hours after sunset on Wednesday, March 3, 2021Where: southwestern night skyIn a slight re-enactment of a visit by Venus in 2020, Mars will drop by the “Seven Sisters” stars, an open cluster of hot young blue stars also known as the Pleiades and M45. The red planet will appear close to this luminous tangle of stars for a few nights, but it will be best seen on Wednesday, March 3, 2020. When: Thursday, June 10, 2021Where: Canada, Greenland and RussiaMost of the U. S. and Canada will see a huge partial solar eclipse before breakfast on this day, but for those that travel to certain far-flung locations the prize is a spectacular “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse lasting 3 minutes and 33 seconds. That will only be viewable from far north Ontario, Canada. Since it occurs at sunrise in Canada, a scenic flight above the clouds might be the best option. When: Saturday, December 4, 2021Every 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours a total solar eclipse is visible from Antarctica, though few people have ever seen one.
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