The Old Farmer's Almanac contains 14 months' worth of Sky Watch information from our astronomer, Bob Berman. As a courtesy to our Web visitors, the information for the current and upcoming months is included below.
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 See Meteor Showers Guide for 2009 below. Here are a few viewing tips to catch these "shooting stars." |
 Stars scribble in our eyes the frosty sagas, Whether you're a beginner or a serious astronomer, we hope the following astronomy links page help you enjoy the... |
 Here are solar eclipses and lunar eclipses for 2009: January 26: Annular eclipse of the SunThis eclipse will not be visible from North America. February 9: Penumbral eclipse of the MoonThis eclipse will be fully... |
 Our lives are ruled by cycles—night and day, the seasons, a biological rhythm within our own bodies, and many other rhythms. Edward Russell Dewey (1895–1978) was a Harvard economist who had identified a number of cycles in the U.S. economy and started the... |
 What are some of Earth's greatest sky events? Here's the Almanac's take on the most spectacular, memorable, and even scary sky phenomena visible to the naked eye since 1792. |
 Thousands of years ago, people spent hours gazing at the night sky. They found that by connecting the stars as if they were dots, patterns emerged that resembled animals, people and things. |
 Sister planet. Nearest neighbor. Goddess of love. How appealing the planet Venus sounds! But the strange cloudy world is actually a land of paradox and horror. |
 Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is named for the Roman god of agriculture. In Greek mythology, Saturn became the ruler of the universe when he led a successful rebellion against his father, Uranus. Man's fascination with Saturn started in 1610, when Galileo pointed... |
 You may have heard that Pluto is no longer a planet. Here's the skinny on what was once known as our Sun's smallest planet. In 2006, astronomers reclassified Pluto from an official planet to a "dwarf planet," but it is still considered to be one... |
