Greetings! The Daily Astronomer has started its indefensibly long 2-week winter holiday. We'll return on January 2, 2023. Thank you all for a great 2022. We eagerly await the arrival of 2023! Cheers! Edward -- Edward X. Herrick-Gleason Director Southworth Planetarium 70 Falmouth Street Portland, Maine 04103 (207) 780-4249 usm.maine.edu/planet ""The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment." -Johannes Kepler