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)
- #24P – I’m Still on Vacation but the Sky is Not! – Mini-Eclipse Info – Spica Occulted in Daylight – And 1 More Story
TGT 9/1/24: Planet Watching Sights; More Detail on the Mini-Eclipse; Moon Eclipses a Star in Daylight; The Same Things on Earth and Sky - #24O – I’m on Vacation but the Sky is Not! – Kepler’s Spots and How to Do Like Him – Upcoming 4-Minute Eclipse
TGT 8/16/24: Sky Planning Calendar–Between Events, See the Moon Pass Three Worlds; For the Future–A Weird Eclipse Coming Up; Followup on Tycho–Kepler’s Sunspots and Cameras Obscura’s; Luna Biz’s. - #24N – Tycho’s Alchemy – Traveling in Tycho’s Footsteps – Moon Meets Venus, Mars Meets Jupiter, Earth Meets Lots of Rocks
TGT 8/1/24: This Just In–Tycho’s Chem Lab; Astronomical Travel–Tycho’s Historic Sites from Birth to Death; Two Photogenic Planetary Conjunctions; Best Meteor Show of the Year - #24M – Directly Viewing Exoplanets – Moon and Mars Both Visiting Other Worlds
TGT 7/16/24: Imaging Beta Pictoris and Other Exoplanet Systems–Figuring Out How Planets Form; Products With Temperatures; Moon and Mars Visit Other Worlds; - #24L – The Art of Astronomy Data – Comet Olbers in the Evening – Planet Events Worth Seeing, Teaching – Watch Spica Disappear! – Seasons, Earth Motions, Planet Effects.
TGT 7/1/24: AstroVizicist Robert Hurt; Mars Catching Up With Red Stars and Lines Up With Two Giant Planets; Two Moons Shadows; Watch a Bright Star’s Occultation; Earth Motions and Seasons. - #24K Xtra – AAS Reports: Solar Eclipse Affects, on Earth, Brains, Its Own Atmosphere – Sun’s A Variable but Does That Affect Climate? [PAID]
TGT 6/25/24: Citizen Science Eclipse Projects–Atmosphere and Human Brains, Sun’s Corona Over Time; Solar Cycles–Daily, Yearly, Hundreds and Thousands of Years, and Our Climate Now and Future
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