George Observatoy - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/george-observatoy/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:47:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 George Observatoy - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/george-observatoy/ 32 32 103504436 Saturn Rises | July 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/saturn-rises-july-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saturn-rises-july-2021-sky-happenings Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:47:10 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31657 Mars is still low in the west—visible right as night falls.  Venus remains in the evening sky this month. It overtakes Mars on July 12; the two planets appear about one half degree (the size of the Full Moon) apart that night. Venus outs...

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]]> 138666 Evenings with Mercury | May 2021 Sky Happenings https://houstonnewmedia.org/evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evenings-with-mercury-may-2021-sky-happenings Thu, 06 May 2021 15:47:04 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31581 Mars continues to fade a little bit each night now that Earth has overtaken it and is pulling away. However, it fades out gradually; Mars remains almost as bright as the stars around it in May 2021. And Mars is high in the west–well pla...

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