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…
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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 Lead image: Totally eclipsed Crow Moon setting; United Kingdom, March 14, 2025. [email protected]. Skyandtelescope.org
Moon-Mercury Conjunction tonight
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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…
Counting Perseids in our predawn sky
Contemplating a fortified evening under August stars By Dan Hicks Given the anticipatory media hype our annual Perseid Meteors enjoy every year, I have a…