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October 2008 Phenomena

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 1 Venus is 5° 6' north of the Moon…

December 2008 Phenomena

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 1 Venus is 2° north of Jupiter. 0424…

Phenomena, 2007: September

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 3 Pallas, the second-largest asteroid…

June 2008 Phenomena

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 3 NEW MOON 1423 7…

Phenomena, 2006: October

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.DayPhenomenonHour3Neptune is 3° north of the Moon.07005Uranus is 0° 5' north of the Moon. Occultation of Uranus by the Moon.00005Ceres, the…

Phenomena, 2007: February

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 1 Pallas, the second-largest asteroid…

Phenomena, 2005: October

OctoberFor terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.DayPhenomenonHour1Mars appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to retrograde motion.10003NEW MOON. Annular…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 39

Part 39The friendly and flowing savage, who is he? Is he waiting for civilization, or past it and mastering it?Is he some Southwesterner rais'd out-doors? is he Kanadian? Is he from the…

Paul Cuffe Biography

Paul Cuffe ship captain, merchant, and abolitionistBorn: January 17, 1759 Birthplace: Cuttyhunk, Mass.   Paul Cuffe was born in colonial Massachusetts as a free Black person. Cuffe's mother was…

The Devil's Dictionary: Inferiae

by Ambrose Bierce INFANCYINFIDELINFERIAE -,n. [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitation of the Dii Manes, or souls of the dead heroes; for the pious ancients could not…