The United States is trying to reorder the international trading and financial rules to suit it’s own ends. This is EXACTLY the same as the Mughal Empire in the 17th century.
Long, long ago, in an empire far, far away, the ninth Guru and then the tenth Guru invented new bits of Sikhism… wars… persecution… adversity… triumph.
And that is what will happen today.
https://mega.nz/file/Yz0GDITI#jebtYTOqBaqAQdUH6TNeC0qKvzh1Oh9TUnKOzNPx3Xw
On 1st April, a waxing 10% crescent moon paid a visit to the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters. I’ve photographed previous encounters between the two, but the thin aspect of the moon made this occasion special. It was an opportunity to see the two when the moon wasn’t quite so bright and therefore less likely to outshine the delicate sparkle of the star cluster.
The event began at about 9.30 pm. Here is the moon on its approach. Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF7 camera and an old Carl Zeiss 135mm lens.
Over the next few hours, the moon gradually obscured the stars of the cluster. The Seven Sisters are each individually named (all nine of them). Here is a map from NASA, available on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades#Composition
For the occultations themselves, I’m showing pictures from my Skywatcher 150p, again with the Panasonic Lumix camera.
First to disappear, at 9.49, was Electra.
At 10.04 it was the turn of Caleano.
At 10.22 Merope was gone.
The final star I was able to watch was Alcyone, at 10.44.
Sadly, after this the moon and the cluster were getting too low on the horizon for me to see them from my back garden. I’m sure there will be other meetings between the two.
And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, there’s a Big Christian Festival coming up. Happy Nearly Palm Sunday everybody! Even though it’s very sad, as Jesus is about to be turned over to the Romans to be killed.
Jesus had a robe.
And that is the end of the Big News today from a Faith Perspective,
(Spoiler alert – there’s going to be a happy ending. But, shhhhh. don’t tell anybody.)
https://mega.nz/file/9iNmXZ6A#St-WhRwISHtOi_yamwxnhLYyKXr-u7UW8TceMx8cwfs
Seen on Bluesky.
And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, there’s a Big Jewish Festival coming up. Happy Nearly Passover everyone!
Passover, when we remember a made up act of genocide, questions everything in its search for truth. There is no question that cannot be asked. No fact that cannot be queried. No evidence that cannot be questioned. All thanks to a made up act of genocide that definitely happened because the Big Book of Magic Stuff says so.
That’s why David Irving’s questioning of the Holocaust is regarded as so brilliant by everybody. He questioned everything in his search for truth.
https://mega.nz/file/Iq8QyC5b#ECfc0AJ-3N4pjY5S6xz2mJhBOhEovPspol5J6iZ9wVU
Platitude of the Day 