Sky Tonight—February 18, Moon rises with Leo the Lion, harbinger of spring
the stars rise about 4 minutes earlier with each passing day.
Sky Tonight—February 10, Somber red Betelgeuse shines in the shoulder of Orion
At nightfall and early evening, people at mid-northern latitudes see the famous Belt of Orion
Sky Tonight—January 17, Sun moves toward star Vega in journey around galaxy
Our Milky Way galaxy is a collection of several hundred billion stars. It has an estimated diameter of 100,000 light-years.
Sky Tonight—January 11,Two stars flag sun’s path through Milky Way
You can use the brilliant star Sirius – and the star Vega – to imagine the direction our sun and solar system are traveling through space.
EarthSky Tonight—December 9, Find Orion the Hunter and see the Milky Way
On these evenings in early to mid-December, the constellation Orion rises over your eastern horizon 2 to 3 hours after sunset.
EarthSky Tonight—October 9, Last 2010 evening pairing of moon and Venus
Tonight presents the final pairing of the moon and the planet Venus in the evening sky until the autumn of 2011
EarthSky Tonight—September 27, Summer Triangle high overhead on autumn evenings
Even as autumn is beginning, we still have several months to watch the large asterism known as the Summer Triangle. T
September 3, Find the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
The fuzzy star or fuzz balls are the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae or Messier Objects 8 and 20. You are seeing two star forming regions in the heart of our…
EarthSky Tonight—August 27, moon near Jupiter – not Mars
Currently, both the moon and planet are in the constellation of Pisces the Fish. They are not far from the circular pattern of stars known as The Circlet in Pisces.
Earthsky Tonight—July 10, Look toward the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Today’s chart shows that the starlit trail of the Milky Way seems to bulge just before it reaches the southern horizon. This bulge marks the approximate location of the Milky…