On the night 175 years ago on Sept. 23-24, 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting our Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ZuQYDF

“Autumn is my favorite season.” – Johnny Kelly

This year an outburst of Perseid meteors surprised skywatchers. The reliable meteor shower’s peak was predicted for the night of August 12/13. But persistent visual observers in North America were deluged with a startling Perseid shower outburst a day later, with reports of multiple meteors per minute and sometimes per second in the early hours […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 81 Humidity. 12 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 24, 2021: Male violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi), Damaraland, Namibia. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Star Control 3. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Star Control 3 is an action-adventure game developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Accolade. The third and final official entry in the Star Control trilogy, the game was released for MS-DOS on September 24, 1996, and Mac OS in 1998. It […]

The atmospheric glow blankets the Earth’s horizon beneath the stars as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Pacific. via NASA https://ift.tt/2XL46Dy

“The good man is the friend of all living things.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Famed in festival, story, and song the best known full moon is the Harvest Moon. For northern hemisphere dwellers that’s a traditional name of the full moon nearest the September equinox. Seen from Saunderstown, Rhode Island, planet Earth, this Harvest Moon left a broad streak of warm hues as it rose through a twilight sky […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 79 Humidity. 10 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.