In the morning hours of March 29, a partial solar eclipse occurred, which could be observed in parts of North America, Greenland and Europe. A closed cloud cover was forecast for Zweibrücken that morning. The first signs...
In the early evening hours of January 4, 2025, a Saturday, Saturn will be occulted by the moon. After the occultation on August 21, 2024, this will be the last occultation until December 9, 2036.
Now that the comet has passed its closest point to the sun, the perihelion, at a distance of 0.39 AU (approx. 58,353,000 kilometers) from the sun on 27.09.2024, more accurate predictions can be made. Shortly after the perihelion passage...
In the afternoon hours of February 28, 2024, the innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury, and the sixth planet, the ringed gas giant Saturn, apparently met, and as this encounter took place close to the sun, the event was...
Object of the week_2022-44 A long night of the planets This time there are five objects at once, as all five outer planets are currently visible in the night sky. It starts, at dusk, with the ...