All five visible planets are in our skies (visible without optics). We are on the eve of two notable planetary conjunctions happening back-to-back. April 29 (Friday – tonight) – Mercury’s conjunction with…
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Vanquishing the last of Eager Hill’s derelict barbwire fencing
Your opportunity to enhance our natural world is April 23 On June 27 and September 26 of 2021, in the Eager Hill vicinity of the…
Premiere waterfront residences gentrified in winter housecleaning
By Dan Hicks Better homes will mean happier lives for Cranbrook’s golden-eyed feathery residents.
The Wolf Moon Raven
A mystical musing on love lost, and contagions present and future. By Dan Hicks The new year’s first full moon was our January Wolf Moon…
Dear Comet Leonard (aka C-2021 A1 Leonard)
By Dan Hicks Upon seeing images of your enchanting displays of cometary magnificence, as captured by astrophotographers in the southern hemisphere and the lower latitudes…
Cranbrook’s first ever Christmas Comet Count
By Dan Hicks Cranbrook’s first ever non-annual Christmas Comet Count counts Comet Leonard in as our delightful December dawn apparition – but we can count…
Comets adorn Cranbrook’s predawn sky
By Dan Hicks An illusive Russian comet exits as a deep space Christmas comet debuts, but seeing them requires more than a momentary upward glance….
Perseids perform in our East Kootenay sky
By Dan Hicks Lead image: Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower burst – composite image, Pembina, Manitoba. August 14. Judy Anderson Skyandtelescope.com Image details at end of…
A clear sky July aqua-view to the Purcells
By Dan Hicks Despite the close-at-hand threat of Bill Nye Mountain Wildfire flames, a distant over-the-ocean Olympiad with its ebbing flame, and a resurgent mutating…
Will Cranbrook win B.C.’s key location paleo challenge?
By Dan Hicks Lead image: As the East Kootenay summer sun sets, a curious young Cranbrooker contemplates a newly planted Autumn Gold ginkgo tree, sharing…