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Legend holds that Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was observing Mars when he was struck with the inspiration that the Earth was orbiting the sun.
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In addition to Venus and the Moon at dawn on Thursday, there’s meteor shower activity all week, radiating from the constellation Taurus.
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The traditional observance of All Saint’s and All Soul’s Day happens Wednesday and Thursday this week, which means to mark the halfway point in the fading season, when all at once we’re closer to the end than we are to the beginning.
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The first new moon of the season happens Saturday, Oct. 14, when the moon is at apogee, as far away from us as it can get. This moon will also eclipse the sun, but not entirely.
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By this weekend, Venus will return to the same position she held over three months ago, in early July, when the planet was visible in the evening sky near the star Regulus.
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The first moon of autumn will come full on Spet. 29, which is celebrated as Michaelmas in the Christian calendar, Feast of the Archangel Michael, who defeats the dragon.
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Autumn Equinox occurs in the early hours this Saturday, September 23rd, heralding the full harvest of the year and, ideally, a sense of balance, now the high constellations of summer have set.
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There’s an auspicious anniversary in the world of literature this week and it coincides with the last New Moon of the season on Thursday, September 14: the death of Italian Poet Dante Alighieri, in 1321.