Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 07, 2018

True? Due to recent thunderstorms I am not in a position to go check, nor am I even sure that I am at the proper latitude to see them all.

Not astrology, astronomy.

“…keep looking up”

Really? That’s it? What phase is Venus? Apogee or perigee for any? How many Copernican moons can you see?

“When the moon is in the seventh house …”

I think you mean Galilean moons if you’re referring to Jupiter, and you can see all four with a small telescope. Late this month we’ll be able to see Mercury, too. And don’t forget the weekend of Aug 1-13 or so is the Perseid meteor shower.

I hate it when they delete the last panel that contains the punchline. ☹️

Pluto is there between Mars and Saturn. Just need a way to see it.

You had Janis in gripping anticipation there for a moment. You could have come up with something that got the whoopie lamp lit; by noooooo…!

Meteor shower coming up. Don’t know if it has a name but, it’s supposed to be big.

I remember walking down to my sister’s house one night in January 2005, and dragging my teen-aged nephew out to the street so I could show him the five visible planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. He didn’t seem impressed but I found out later he that he bragged to his friends about his very cool Aunt Fontessa.

“Yeah, they’re still out there.”

Mercury just went retrograde in Arlo’s romance sector.

Yeah, but it’s not “fortuitous” in its own right if you knew it was going to happen, is it? Just impressive.

Yay!!! I love it when that happens.

If there is one branch of science that bores me to tears; it is astronomy!

So how about you and me go get a aligned there Janis. ;-)

Janis could not care less.

’Went to the laser show at the planetarium Saturday night, and after went up to the roof top telescopes and saw the rings of Saturn!

Yerp. Late night star gazing. Although moving 1000 miles or so north, the clear nights away from a city are worth it. And I can set up my old telescope. I think for the next few weeks I’ll have to change my schedule.