What’s in “This Week’s Sky?” | SkyNews

Henrik Adamsson captured this picture of the Lunar X — and the elusive Lunar V — February 22, 2018.

What’s in “This Week’s Sky?”

From lunar eclipses to planetary conjunctions, This Week’s Sky keeps you updated on upcoming astronomical highlights.

By SkyNews Staff on Mar 03, 2020

Every week, SkyNews publishes a post online of key events in the Canadian sky. From lunar eclipses to planetary conjunctions, This Week’s Sky keeps you updated on upcoming astronomical highlights. You can find the latest posts here.

Our columnist is Chris Vaughan — a science writer, geophysicist, astronomer, planetary scientist and an “outreach RASCal.” He also writes Astronomy Skylights, and you can follow him on Twitter at @astrogeoguy.

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