Tag: sun

"The seasons shift! Rejoice!"

Several dozen of us, bundled up against the cold on the longest night of 2002, moved clockwise from our places to the next point on the compass. We were distributed around a large circle in...

I have been interested in astronomy since I was a boy, but until recently it hasn't extended beyond armchair interest. Last year, I acquired a small telescope and have been looking at the sky in more depth.

We look up and see the stars. From Earth orbit, we look down and see the streetlights. And under the streetlights, we can no longer see the stars.

The greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.