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The Star of Bethlehem 2024

Posted on December 25, 2024January 19, 2025 by astrochange

The significance of this enigmatic star and its new-found meaning What was the “Star of Bethlehem”? It has been my tradition to tell this story every year at this time, first from my planetarium days years ago, taking the audience on a 2000-year-old journey from biblical times to the present day, until now and, more[…]

Winter Solstice 2024

Posted on December 15, 2024January 29, 2025 by astrochange

This Year’s Winter Solstice Occurs on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at 4:20 am EST (09:20 UTC). For a full calendar, please visit Time and Date. In the illustration above, the angular distance on the sky at the meridian between the Celestial Equator (the projection of the Earth’s equator onto the sky) and the Ecliptic (the[…]