Looking Up with Don

Look up to the north that's Polaris

Sheltered in place its not careless

Neither setting nor risin'

Stuck above the horizon

With no place to...

There once was a comet named ATLAS

Whose magnitude curve showed flatness

It fragmented and scattered

At the time it most mattered

And it...

It's right to learn Right Ascension

And declination requires your attention

They'll take you to the place

In shallow or deep space

With little to no apprehension

Learn the constellation Corvus

It's not enormous

It represents a crow

Seen better from down below

From Spring into the summer

Then it's gone, what a bummer!

Go out tonight to see Arcturus,

Not as bright or blue as Sirius,

It's in Boötes you see,

Above his left knee,

A sight to behold for the curious

Unpredictable, inexplicable, once busted up, now busting out, gas and dust tail, small scale detail, written off as dead

Apparently it was misread

See Comet ATLAS, it is a splendid actress

What will it do next week, take a sneak peek

Will it be bright or bleak