Posts tagged as “Westcliffe Dark Skies”

It’s always possible that we disremember, but it seems to Celestial Exploring that the column has never before coincided with Thanksgiving Day. That somehow seems significant, something that might give us pause…and so, we do. Is there anything spectacular occurring in the nightscape this evening and into tomorrow morning? Some interesting views, but hardly in the mega-event category that “spectacular” usually indicates. As the late comedian George Carlin used to say in his weather report, “Tonight, dark.” The Moon remained below the horizon until about 4:30 this morning, and is setting around 3:00 this afternoon, not to appear again until around 5:30 a.m. tomorrow. Carlin’s forecast is spot on; our Thanksgiving Day night will indeed be dark. Earlier this week the National Weather Service’s forecast…