Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo (the Lion) and is located on the Ecliptic making for regular encounters with the Moon.
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I have now replicated the problem using Google Chrome. Not an issue with Safari. I have temporarily removed the block so you should now be able to download PDFs. Hope it works now. Thank you for bringing the matter to my attention.

I'm not experiencing a loop at this end. Try this link skymaps.com/tesm/ and let me know what happens if that does not work. Good luck!

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The daytime temperature in the shade will sometimes exceed 40C in summer. The most extreme temperatures I recall having experienced are +47C in the Adelaide region, and the lowest is -47C in Quebec City.

Indeed. It’s a good demonstration of the incredible amount of energy released when a supernova explodes.

The supernovae:
• SN 2024abov (mag 16.7V) in PGC 11671 (180 million light years) discovered on 25 Oct’25 by GOTO.
• SN 2024afih (mag 15.9V) in PGC 7814 (260 million light years) discovered 25 Nov’25 by WFST.

Unfortunately, clouds rolled in preventing the meteor shower from being observed.

Both supernovae are very faint, well beyond visibility even in large amateur telescopes. However, many faint stars are easily photographed using modest telescopes equipped with dedicated astro-imaging cameras. Here’s a link describing the imaging rig that was used: skymaps.com/ir2/