‘Mars,Venus, And The Moon’: Will Get Closer To Toronto Tonight

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At last Sunday night, stargazers got a preview, when the moon was just below venus, appears as the brightest star in the inky black sky, and the moon will cross the southwestern sky around 6 p.m. posing between Venus and Mars.

At around 4 a.m. Tuesday, there will be the short meteor shower that Quadrantids, with about 120 meteors per hour, Schipper said.  A celestial body will repeat their dance a third time Tuesday night, with the moon appearing just above the Mars. Allard Schipper said, "In a year, it happens a couple of times but most of the people aren't aware of it", according to The Star.

Schipper said, the most dedicated sky scanners are still awake," whereas the Half of them happen in the early morning." First time in decades, the total eclipse of the sun will be visible from North America in August. Many solar eclipses happen when the moon partially obscures the sun, appearing to take a giant bite out of the fireball.

Trendolizer comes up with news, that astronomy experts like Schipper was very excited, In order to see a total eclipse, sky watchers must be directly underneath the moon as it passes between us and the sun. But, it hasn't happened since 1979 in North America.

On August 21, the sun and moon will arc a path across the continental U.S. between Oregon and South Carolina, and that time the whole world will go dark for up to two minutes, Schipper said, a councilor of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Toronto branch. Also, Torontonians can check 101 astronomical events for 2017 free downloadable ebook by David A. Dickenson.

"A total solar eclipse is very rarely seen in North America," Schipper said. "To see one must have to travel very far away, like to Africa or Australia." Skywatchers who wake up early or stay up to very late night; they will also be treated to a meteor shower, whereas photographers and astronomy buffs had a better chance to start their shooting on 2017 night-sky calendars tonight.