EarthSky Tonight—October 12, Arcturus sparkles in western sky on October evenings
every year at this time, we get questions about three different stars that are flashing different colors.
EarthSky Tonight-October 11, Antares is bright star near moon in early evening
The bright star near the moon on October 11 is Antares,
EarthSky Tonight—October 10, Bright star near moon is red Antares
Antares is a red supergiant star, hundreds of millions of times more voluminous than our sun!