EarthSky News - Feb 27 - Bill Paxon Tribute, Eclipse Photos

February 27 Bill Paxton Tribute, Favorite Eclipse Photos by:

Storm chasers honor Bill Paxton An amazing several-state tribute - stretching across Tornado Alley - honoring Twister star Bill Paxton, who died Sunday due to complications from heart surgery. Favorite photos: Ring of fire eclipse The annular, or ring of fire, eclipse was visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. A beautiful collection of photos here. Tonight … Go young moon hunting With an unobstructed horizon in the sunset direction, you'll spot it shortly after the sun goes down. Bright object nearby is Venus. Catch Comet Encke The comet is now on its 63rd known visit to our part of space. Astronomer Guy Ottewell provides charts and other details.

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Storm chasers honor Bill Paxton Awesome tribute from weather nerds - stretching across Tornado Alley - for Twister star Bill Paxton, who died Sunday. Each dot is one person's GPS. Image via Oklahoma City meteorologist @Aaron_Brackett on Twitter. More here.

Go young moon hunting this week Closest to Venus Tuesday evening. Beautiful every evening ... Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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