Sky Tonight—May 11, Moon brushes the belly of Leo
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science Visit EarthSky at www.EarthSky.org The moon is waxing larger in the evening sky each night. The first quarter phase happened yesterday, and…
Sky Tonight—February 18, Moon rises with Leo the Lion, harbinger of spring
the stars rise about 4 minutes earlier with each passing day.
Earthsky Tonight—June 16, Waxing Crescent Moon meets the “Little King” of Leo
Regulus marks the point of the famed “backwards question mark” of Leo, the great lion of the heavens.
Earthsky Tonight—May 19, Moon and Mars close together
The moon, always in motion, continually goes eastward in font of the background stars. It goes full circle (360 degrees) relative to the stars every 27 and 1/3 days.
Earthsky Tonight — April 12: Star-hop from Leo to the Coma star cluster
Two distinctive star patterns make the Lion fairly easy to identify. Leo’s brightest star – the sparkling blue-white gem Regulus – dots a backward question mark of stars known as…
Earthsky Tonight — March, 26, 2010: Moon swings close to Regulus
Can you find the star that is shining close to the big and bright waxing gibbous moon tonight? That is Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion.
Earthsky Tonight—March 14, Leo loses his tail, we gain a constellation
Tonight’s chart again shows the evening sky high to the east. Below and to the left of the constellation Leo the Lion are dozens of very faint stars. They are…