a constellation.

Goodness, I wasn’t aware. Those do sound really interesting. Will we be able to see them with the naked eye, or would we need a telescope?

**

I have a telescope, if you want to use it to get a better look. I don’t mind. When I say Blue Moon, you probably think of:

The October 2020 Blue Moon won’t be blue in color. It’s just the 2nd of 2 full moons in a calendar month … blue in name only. This is more like the moon you’ll see on October 31, 2020, if you happen to catch it low in the sky:

A low moon looks reddish or orangish because, at that time, you’re looking at the moon through an extra thickness of Earth’s atmosphere. Helio C. Vital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, captured Mars very close to the moon on October 2, 2020. In this photo, Mars is about in the 8 o’clock position. On that night, as seen from Helio’s location, Mars very nearly had a grazing occultation by the moon. Only 4 arcminutes separated Mars from the lunar limb. The moon will appear full to the naked eye, as seen from around the world, on both October 30 and 31, 2020. People will also call this full moon a micro-moon because it’s the most distant (and smallest) full moon in 2020 (252,380 miles or 406,166 km).

Being able to see red Mars nearby is a special treat, because Mars is rarely this bright as seen from Earth. You’ll be able to find it like this, in relation to the moon:

Mars, a little more than half the size of Earth and almost twice the size of our moon, passed through opposition less than two weeks ago. Opposition is when Earth, in a smaller orbit, passes between the Sun and Mars, and Mars, opposite the sun, shines at it brightest. We regularly lap Mars about every two years, but this year opposition was particularly close, making Mars exceptionally bright.

Look for Mars in the evening sky, visible from after dusk through early morning. Its reddish hue, a result of the effects of iron oxide on its surface, give us a distinctive view and earned the red planet its nickname. Even without a telescope, Mars appears noticeably yellow-orange, or red. This month, Mars will even outshine Jupiter.

So the short answer is yes, you can see both with the naked eye.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone out and about for the Festival this evening! Once again, I’m incredibly thankful to the Daltons for everything they take the time to do and arrange for us! Anyone have anything specific in mind they’re excited to do tonight? Bobbing for apples, the Cakewalk, the craft booths, there’s definitely something for everyone!

There’s a blue moon on the 30th and there will be a red Mars event on Halloween. I’m looking forward to that.

PRIVATE

Dorsey…Fuck. First off, you’ve always got my attention babe. Always. Hi there, handsome. I think you know that it’s exactly what this makes me wanna do. I see you. C’mere, let me rip those clothes off you. My boy. My one and only. I love you.

I need you. I love you. Please do. I’m here. I’m yours. You’re mine. 

Holy fucking shit, huh? So I caught your attention. Hi. Is that what this makes you want to do?

You’re gonna be great, you always are. I’ll be with ya, you know I will. I know you did, and yeah we were. I wanna get back to gettin good at predicting when it’s gonna happen. I need to be better prepared for you. I want it to be an all the time thing, not a usually thing. And I always will be. Remember that my Dove. You’re the most important thing to me, always. We can go see the movies, I know you wanna. You’re my thing, that’s what counts. You’re alright too, Dor. Just breathe. Take a minute, on your knees for me. I want you to center yourself before you go up to host the thing. It’ll all get done, we’ll do all the things. But we gotta do ‘em one thing at a time babe. That’s how they’re happenin’, so that’s how we’re gonna do them. One at a time, you and me. I love you too babe. I got ya. 

You’re perfect. I love you. You’re the reason I’m here, you’re the reason I can function on the daily. You have to give yourself enough credit. I will, I’ll remember that. You’re my anchor, always. My most important, most trusted, safe person. I like doing things with you, I’m glad you want to go to the movie. Yours. All yours. Yes, Sir. I can do that. Thank you. I’ll calm down. I’m just excited. I came out of my low and I broke the glass ceiling. One at a time. Yes, Sir. You do, you have me.

Seein’ as it’s that time again, figured it wouldn’t hurt to make another post about this. I’m Vic Sterling, and I’m apparently runnin’ for submissive Mark Leader this go-around. I’m around if anyone wants to talk or has questions about my thoughts on the position. I’d work to make things better, and make sure stuff gets done and taken care of. I’m not real good at this general stuff, but like I said you can DM or text me and I’d be down to talk more about it. Good luck to everyone runnin’ though. 

PM: Matching icons. That’s cute. Good luck, Vic. You’d be really good as a Mark Leader. You’ve always been a leader. 

Hey, babe. How’re you feeling? Were you interested in doin’ that movie thing tonight? I saw you got volunteered to host that Bigfoot…Thing.

@subdorseyrose​

I noticed that too. The volunteered thing. I’m feeling okay. I went numb for a minute, but we were prepared for it. We usually are. You’re so good to me. You make things better, you make me feel better, my Sir. Do you want to come watch the thing? We can do the movies too, if you want.  I know Charlie Brown probably wouldn’t be your first choice but... the experience might be cool. We can see more of the horror ones too. --I’m talking a lot, I must be good. I love you.

Since we are rapidly approaching our return to Dalton Sanctuary, I wanted to go ahead and open the floor regarding the Dalton Newsletter. As Miss Alyssa so graciously announced earlier in the week, I will be the acting Editor in Chief. This means I’ll be overseeing each article that goes into the newsletter. I’ll be editing, fact checking, and making sure the newsletter itself flows as well as possible. I’ll also be writing contributing articles myself, to add. 

That being said, no great newsletter is complete nor functional without an outstanding ‘staff’. So, anyone interested in joining the ranks, please contact me to discuss! I do take this rather seriously, so content contributors will need to do their best to maintain regular writing schedules. In addition, anyone wishing to be involved in the photography section of things should contact Ambrose Abrams ( @ambroseabrams​) as he will be overseeing the photography and design side of things. Below, I’ve included a list of the types of articles we’re looking to publish. Again, anyone interested in fulfilling any of these roles, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from everyone, and getting this project off the ground! 

Article Fulfillments -Event Coverage- these will be articles pertaining to campus-wide events taking place at the Sanctuary. Articles should include duration, location, and times for the event covered, as well as activities offered at or relating to the event in question. These articles will be written after the author attends the event. -Sports Coverage- these articles will pertain to the sporting events and activities occurring on campus. Articles should include times, location, information about the sport, and the names of those participating. These articles will be written after the author attends the event. -Around Dalton Coverage- these articles will discuss all upcoming events and functions around Dalton. The author will need to keep in close contact with club leaders, staff, as well as the Daltons themselves, to make sure all information is accurate and updated.  -Featured Coverage- these articles will be more along the line of human interest pieces, and will focus on the residents, volunteers, and staff here at Dalton. The author will interview one person per newsletter to be featured.  -Club Spotlights- each newsletter will feature one club or group at the Sanctuary. The article should discuss what the group is, some of the events they’ve hosted and/or are planning to host, along with who their club leader and staff supervisor are.  **Note: Anyone interested in filling one of these roles should keep Ambrose updated, so that he or another member of photography ‘staff’ are able to photograph the events correlating with all articles.  ***Note: I also want to mention that the Sanctuary’s wonderful tutor, James Moore ( @jamesmoore​) will be manning our advice column, meaning he’ll be fielding any and all questions submitted relating to just about anything- kink/BDSM related or not! All questions should be submitted to James directly, or may be submitted to myself, to pass along.

I could put together weekly horoscopes. Though I think I’d rather do something like write about mythology. Maybe I could do that. I’d write about the night sky as a weekly update, but I already do that for the astronomy club. It might be interesting to have some of the clubs contribute something like that. I’d have to write more consistently.

Above: The moon’s orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle. But it is very nearly circular, as the diagram above shows.

UPCOMING LUNAR EVENTS

Year’s closest new moon October 16th (picture above applicable)

Birth of young moon at day’s end, October 17-20

19th Orionid meteors late night until dawn

20th Orionid meteor shower peak tonight!

21st Moon sweeps by Jupiter and Saturn

24th Bright star Deneb transits at nightfall

25th Watch Capella flashing red and green

On October 16, 2020, we have the year’s closest and largest new moon. It’s a prelude to the year’s farthest and smallest full moon – also a Blue Moon, near red Mars – on October 31 (Halloween).

The 2021 lunar calendars are here! See 2021’s lunar phases. Makes a great gift!

The Halloween Blue Moon (blue in name only) near Mars will be fun to see. Meanwhile, we won’t see the October 16 new moon, closest new moon of 2020 and thus a supermoon. We almost never see a new moon (unless there’s an eclipse) because it’s the moon phase that’s most nearly between the Earth and sun for any particular month. New moons travel across the sky with the sun all day, lost in the sun’s glare.

There are a total of 12 new moons in 2020, but this October new moon comes only about 4 hours before the moon sweeps to lunar perigee: the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.

New moon: October 16 at 19:31 UTC (221,797 miles or 356,948 km)

Lunar perigee: October 16 at 23:46 UTC (221,775 miles or 356,912 km)

And thus astronomers will call this October 2020 new moon a perigean new moon.

Moon’s orbit around Earth, seen from above. At new moon, the moon’s nighttime side faces Earth while the illuminated side faces the sun. At the vicinity of new moon, the moon rises and sets with the sun and is lost in the sun’s glare. Notice the full moon, too; it looks full to us because its entire illuminated side – or day side – faces Earth.

Hey there, I suppose I should introduce myself and go from there.

My name is Kurt Hummel, I’m a dominant and a fashion designer and came here from living in New York. If you are a submissive I expect you to address me as sir, if you are a dominant I am fine answering to Kurt.

I will get a couple things out of the way right now. Yes, I am a resident. No, I will not give a detailed explanation as to why, that is my business. Though, I am sure your favorite gossip magazine will have some theories that they will pose as true in their next issue.

If you have any questions on anything else, I will be more than happy to oblige you.

I’d say it’s a shame you missed the Florida trip, but there are already plans for here at the Sanctuary that make it hard to say you missed out. I don’t think anyone here is crass enough to ask you why you’re here, don’t worry. I’m Dorsey Rose, my Dom is Reg Berry. I teach Recovering From Trauma Through D/S and Captain the astronomy club and my Sir teaches Claiming Information, D/s Relationships, and Alternative D/s Relationships. So really, it’s me that should be offering the open-ended questions offer. 

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Hello Stary Dorsey. This sounds amazing. I’ll be there for sure. I can’t wait to see all the pretty stars and the kings of the past. Will you point some things out to me? I’m worried I won’t be able to see all the pretty pictures in the stars.

Thanks. Of course, I’ll be there to make sure everyone can see whatever constellations are out there to see. I think I’ll share some of the mythology behind them too, I like to share as much information as I can on these stargazing nights. There are star maps and written descriptions on the post this started from too. 

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09 Last quarter moon in Gemini, waning moon in Cancer

11 Moon, Venus, Regulus October 12 to 15

12 Mars to reach opposition October 13

14 Autumn’s false dawn, the zodiacal light

15 Summer Triangle and galactic equator

16 Year’s closest new moon October 16

17 Birth of young moon at day’s end, October 17-20

Wake up before dawn on the mornings of October 10 and 11, 2020, and let the waning moon show you the zodiacal constellations Gemini and Cancer.

Before midnight October 9, 2020 – or after midnight October 10 – the moon will be rising over your eastern horizon at or near its half-illuminated last quarter phase. It’ll be shining in front of the constellation Gemini the Twins. If you’re more of an early bird than a night owl, get up before dawn to view the moon and Gemini much higher up in the sky. To the north of the moon will be Gemini’s two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux. The other bright star beaming to the south of the moon will be Procyon, the Little Dog Star.

The moon’s exact last quarter phase comes on October 10, 2020, at 0:39 UTC. Although the last quarter moon occurs at the same instant worldwide, the local clock time – and possibly the date – differ by time zone. Depending on where you live worldwide, the last quarter moon falls on October 9 or 10.

The constellation Gemini via the IAU. Every year, the sun passes in front of this constellation from about June 21 to July 20.

Although the sky chart at the top of this page is designed for temperate latitudes in North America, you’ll see the moon passing through the same region of the starry sky from all parts of Earth. The moon moves in front of the constellations of the zodiac at the rate of about 1/2 degree (the moon’s own angular diameter) eastward per hour. So – for example – if you’re in the world’s Eastern Hemisphere at dawn on October 10 and 11, you’ll see the moon offset a bit, with respect to our chart, toward the previous date.

The lit side of a waning moon always points eastward – the moon’s direction of travel – in front of the backdrop stars of the zodiac. On the morning of October 10, from around the world, the moon’s daytime side will be pointing at the hidden treasure at the heart of the constellation Cancer the Crab: a star cluster known as Messier 44, or M44, aka the famous Beehive. Then, on October 11, the moon will sweep 2.1 degrees north of the Beehive at 12:27 UTC.

Click here to know the moon’s present position in front the constellations of the zodiac.

The constellation Cancer via the IAU. On a dark night, look for the Beehive star cluster (M44) to make a triangle with the Gemini stars, Castor and Pollux, and the bright star Procyon.

As seen from North America on the morning of October 11, the moon will meet up with the Beehive at 8:27 a.m. EDT, 7:27 a.m. CDT, 6:27 a.m. MDT and 5:27 a.m. PDT. Cancer makes up for its lackluster stars by sporting one of the most magnificent star clusters in all the heavens. On a dark night – with no moon – this cluster appears as a tiny faint cloud to the unaided eye. Through binoculars, this bit of haze explodes into a sparkling array of stars.

I’m so so excited to go visit Ernest Hemingway’s Home! Who else is coming?!