EarthSky Tonight—August 18, Moon shines above Scorpion’s stinger
When the moon drops out of the evening sky in late August and the first week in September, you can use the stinger stars to star-hop to two beautiful deep-sky…
EarthSky Tonight—August 17, Antares – Fire Star – near moon
In ancient Chinese thought, the summer season was associated with the direction south, with the element fire, and with the color red. No wonder, then, that this reddish star in…
EarthSky Tonight-June 23: Waxing gibbous moon passes near Scorpion’s Heart
So why is Antares red? Because the outer layer of its atmosphere – its “surface” for lack of a better term for a giant ball of gas – is cooler…