Uh oh... now what?
There are fewer than sixty days until vernal equinox (09:57 a.m. PDT, 20 March 2014).
Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon form what is known as the Winter Triangle.
Late tonight they will frame Monoceros, the Unicorn.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/find-monoceros-the-constellation-of-the-unicorn-within-winter-triangle
John M.
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Thanks, JohnM!
I love stargazing during my night runs.
I got lucky and got to see the Aurora a couple of weeks ago. During the polar vortex, so it was..... kinda brutal outside..... but run run run.
That will be great! My 10-year old loves stargazing, and geeked out when we on Mauna Kea (http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/)
Thanks, JohnM! I love stargazing during my night runs. I got lucky and got to see the Aurora a couple of weeks ago. During the polar vortex, so it was..... kinda brutal outside..... but run run run.
If the Northern Lights are out, we are socked in -- almost a rule out here.
In North Dakota, about this time of year, about 10:30 at night and the phone rings. Bleah, some maintenance problem at -30º... nope, just a short message, "Northern lights... " We grabbed down booties, gloves, and jackets and soon there were five of us on the outside stair landing doing the ooh and ahh -- the Aurora can hypnotize. Stay safe out there in the cold, our winter is mild.