Orthodox Great and Holy Tuesday:
“At Matins: Matthew 22: 15-23, 39. Condemnation of Pharisees, i.e. of the blind and hypocritical religion, of those who think they are the leaders of man and the light of the world, but who in fact ‘shut up the Kingdom of heaven to men.’
“At the Presanctified Liturgy: Matthew 24: 36-26, 2. The End again and the parables of the End: the ten wise virgins who had enough oil in their lamps and the ten foolish ones who were not admitted to the bridal banquet; the parable of ten talents ‘. . . Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.’ “
— by the Very Rev. Alexander Schmemann via oca.org
Discovery Chariklo: February 14, 1997
Saros 120 (60 of 71), March 9, 1997, Yakutsk, RU, 10:15 YAKT:
Uranus 7° 01′ Aquarius sextile Saturn 7° 32′ Aries
Mars 29° 55′ Rx conjunct South Node 28° 43′ Virgo
Sun conjunct Moon 18° 31′ Pisces
Comet Hale-Bopp closest to Earth: March 22, 1997
Saros 120 (62 of 71 ), March 30, 2033, Wainwright, AK (US), 8:50 AKT:
Mars 27° 09′ Sagittarius opposite Uranus 27° 52′ Gemini
Ceres 0° 59′ Capricorn opposite Saturn 0° 59′ Cancer
Sun conjunct Moon 10° 20′ Aries
Jupiter 27° 03′ Aquarius
Tuesday, April 23, 2019, local, 23:59 CDT:
Mercury 9° 19′ conjunct Vesta 9° 41′ Aries
Image: “Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), taken on 1997 April 04, with a 225mm f/2.0 Schmidt Camera (focal length 450mm) on Kodak Panther 400 color slide film with an exposure time of 10 minutes. The field shown is about 6.5°x6.5°. At full resolution, the stars in the image appear slightly elongated, as the camera tracked the comet during the exposure,” by E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria (http://www.sternwarte.at), via Wikimedia with blues in this version tweaked to complement image above.