New Year Night Sky

Yesterday I posted a video debunking the Face Book memes and misinformation about the Great January Planetary Alignment Hoax of 2025.

Today is guidance about the four planets that you can see with you naked eye (Uranus and Neptune are out there too but without optics they're not easily discerned).

The four brighter planets that you can spot together in the winter night sky include Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in what is referred-to as a planetary parade.

While the four planets will appear to line-up in the night sky this alignment is nothing new.  If you watched the video yesterday you would recall that this is what planets do in the ordinary scheme of things. 

In any event, for the initial couple of hours after darkness falls you should be able to spot Venus and Saturn in the southwest along with Jupiter situated higher in the sky and Mars in the east.

Fingers-crossed for cold, clear viewing conditions.

And don't believe bullshit posted on Face Book.  They haven't fact-checked much for years....

New Year Night Sky

Not surprisingly Face Book also happens to be a vast cesspool of astronomical information.

Sheesh!

Anyway, here's the straight scoop debunking what you can and cannot see during this month of stargazing.

You're welcome.

Friday Music

Is this real?  Or another interweb head fake?  I stumbled across this courtesy of YouTube's algorithm.

The question; is this really Duane Allman?   

After some digging, near as I can tell it is a recording by Johnny Bellar that has accrued millions of views since being posted in the public domain.  The guy that posted this admits he never claimed is was Duane.

Nevertheless, it's good slide guitar of a classic tune.

Close your eyes and enjoy.

And don't believe everything you see on the web.......