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Hoaxing the public with sky-high planetary hype

Our public broadcaster should switch its need for inanity from the night sky to unicorns. By Dan Hicks Lead image: Sky chart for Cranbrook on…

No planetary spectacle in tonight’s sky

By Dan Hicks Contrary to CBC Radio reporting – there will be no “planetary spectacle” in tonight’s sky (nor in any ensuing nights). I have excerpted the following basic planetary…

Mercury is visible until Jan. 31

By Richard Nowell Mercury will be visible in the evening sky this week until Jan. 31. On Sunday, January 24, Mercury reached its greatest eastern…

Eager Hill and The Three Worlds of the Morning Star

By Dan Hicks As November rolled into December, Mercury was our Morning Star – an apparition in our southeastern sky – rising two hours before…

Cannonball Planet Mercury to appear as morning star

A starry proposal to the College of the Rockies and a pending Dark Sky Preserve in the Okanagan By Dan Hicks As our innermost planet’s…

Horoscope for the week beginning August 24

By Michael O’Connor Tip of the Week Virgo time, the last month of summer, has begun. Mercury is now direct after weeks of delay in…

Subaru’s Night of the Falling Stars

By Dan Hicks Despite our fiery summer’s ambient smoke, Subaru’s Night of the Falling Stars, the Kootenays’ first ever Perseid Meteor gathering, was held Sunday,…