The Storyteller's Night Sky
Each week on The Storyteller's Night Sky, Mary Stewart Adams tells us about the stories written above us in the stars. Based in Harbor Springs, she explores ancient mythologies, poetry, astrology, astronomy, and more. Listen Mondays during Morning Edition, at 6:49 and 8:49 a.m.
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The Geminid Meteor Shower was first observed in 1862, by an astronomer in England. At the time, the American Civil War was underway, so we could say that the shower was born during wartime. -
At this time of year the asterism of the Winter Hexagon rises up in the East after sunset, six bright stars that create the pattern of a six-pointed star, led by Sirius, the brightest star in our sky.
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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.
