TGT #24W- When Does The Year Actually End? – Start of the Year Moongazing, & More!

In This Issue:

Cover Photo — 2:42 PM, Happy New Year! (Huh?).
Welcome to Issue 24W!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – Moon Passes or Covers Up Four Brightest Planets, Mars, and Pleiades Spectacularly!* Observing—Plan-et – Mercury Maxes in the Dawn, Venus in the Evening dark; Saturn’s Last Good Month—-and The Same for its Rings.
* Border Crossings – Which Sagittarius Do You Want?
Deeper Looks — Is There An Astronomical Way to Know When 2024 Actually Ends?? (Cover Story)

Cover Photo — 70th Anniversary
Welcome to Issue 24V!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – Moon Passes or Covers Up Four Brightest Planets* Observing—Plan-et – All the Brightest ‘Stars’, Some in Opposition to Each Other; Solstices and Other Days
* Border Crossings – Four Days of Matching
TCA – Towards Cosmic Awareness – Jupiter and Kepler’s Third Law
Astronomy in Everyday Life – Tiki Me, Elmo!

Cover Photo — Snakes and Angry Lion
Welcome to Issue 24U!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – Another Bright Star and Star Cluster Covered Over; A Line-up of Moon, Planets and Stars* Observing—Plan-et – We Lose One in the Evening, and One in the Morning.
* For the Future – Jupiter’s Upcoming Opposition
TCA – Towards Cosmic Awareness (An Expanded Border Crossings) —TWO Border Crossings This Month! Bring On The Snake-Handler!
Deeper Looks – The Net-Yet-Angry Lion
Astronomy in Everyday Life – The Last Planet

Cover Photo — Potentially Hazardous Taurids?
Welcome to Issue 24T!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – A Bright Star, a Star Cluster, and a Planet Covered Over* Observing—Plan-et – Finding All Five (Six) Naked-Eye Planets by Time of Night, Brightness, Moon Passing
* For the Future – The Leonids a’Coming
* Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the Evening – A Montage
* Border Crossings – None
This Just In –
* The Fiery Tears of Taurus the Bull (Cover Story)
Astronomy in Everyday Life – Put a Ring On It—Your Night Life, That Is.

Cover Photo — Comet’s First Evening Appearance in Millennia
Welcome to Issue 24S!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – A Real Super Moon* Observing—Plan-et – The Evening is Filling Up with Planets; Orionids Peak
* Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the Evening
* Border Crossings – Total Disagreement 2
TCA – Towards Cosmic Awareness – Resources from the Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, and More: Resources, Ungrading, Public Reasons for Attending Outreach Events, Rubin Observatory Investigations.
Astronomy in Everyday Life – Mini-Moon, Go Away Quick!

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Cover Photo — The Injurious Culprit
Welcome to Issue 24R!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – The Moon Eclipses the Sun, and Other Objects* Observing—Plan-et – The Evening is Filling Up with Planets
* Comet and Eclipse to See, Oh My! – An Annular Eclipse and Comet A3
* For the Future – Almost Doesn’t Usually Count – An Intellectual Challenge, the Almost Eclipse
* Border Crossings – Total Disagreement
Astronomical Travel – 70th Anniversary of a Meteorite Bruising, Part 2—THE Rock ‘n Radio
Astronomy in Everyday Life – Giant Planets in Alabama

Cover Photo — Cosmic Bruise
Welcome to Issue 24Q!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – The Moon Covers Saturn, Passes Jupiter and Mars* Observing—Plan-et – Three or Four Evening Planets
* Border Crossings – Virgo, the Longest Zodiacal Constellation
* A Lunar Mini-Eclipse On The 17th (With a Correction)* For the Future – Another Eclipse, an Almost Eclipse, and an October Comet
Astronomical Travel – 70th Anniversary of a Meteorite Bruising, Part 1

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Cover Photo — Uraniborg
Welcome to Issue 24N!
Sky Planning Calendar —
* Moon-Gazing – Look Close to See the 35-Hour-Old Crescent Moon Next to Venus
* Observing—Plan-et –
– Mars and Jupiter Make an Equilateral Triangle With Aldebaran
– Best Meteor Shower of the Year, the Perseids with Perfect Sky Conditions
* Border Crossings – Match!
This Just In
– Tycho Brahe, the (al)Chemist
Astronomical Travel – Tycho (and Kepler) in Prague; From Tycho’s Birthplace to His Grave