By Dan Hicks Op-Ed Commentary Our summer stars offer some consolation for those of us who cooled on our public broadcaster for hyping Vancouver’s international…
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Following Earth Day – Lyrid Meteor Shower Night
By Dan Hicks Our annual Lyrid Meteor Shower (pronounced “ly-rid”) is active from April 14 to 30; the peak 2026 nights being April 21 and…
International Dark Sky Week 2026
By Dan Hicks Celebrating International Dark Sky Week (April 13 to 20), I ordered the newly issued young readers’ book “Who Hid the Stars -…
Our dynamic East Kootenay skies of March
By Dan Hicks With our full Crow Moon comfortably ensconced in spring constellation Leo the lion, from Lake Windermere south to Cranbrook – the great…
Total Lunar Eclipse of Crow Moon
By Dan Hicks 59 minutes of totality chart – Skyandtelescope.org Lead image: Totally eclipsed Crow Moon setting; United Kingdom, March 14, 2025. [email protected]. Skyandtelescope.org
Moon-Mercury Conjunction tonight
By Dan Hicks
Gasball giants, total eclipses and awesome auroras
By Dan Hicks Lead image: An Aurora borealis curtain dances above a blanketing cloudbank, as seen atop Silver Star Mountain, SilverStar Mountain Resort (Facebook), from…
Flying saucers and other night sky apparitions
By Dan Hicks Furthering “disclosure.” #1 In Cranbrook, on December 17, at College of the Rockies, as part of its continuing Museia Series, Dean Doctor…
Reverently remembering while dodging tossed torches
By Dan Hicks Op-Ed Commentary Cranbrook’s Remembrance Day 2025 Rotary Park ceremony was well attended – affirming our enduring reverence for Canada’s war dead, perhaps…
Our waxing crescent moon sets with Mars
Rising with the dawn are Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. By Dan Hicks Lead image: Waxing crescent moon setting with companions Spica and Mars at dusk…