The Sky This Week from December 17 to 31
[ad_1] Sunday, December 26 Mars passes 5° due north of Antares at 1 P.M. EST. Although daylight will hide them
Read More[ad_1] Sunday, December 26 Mars passes 5° due north of Antares at 1 P.M. EST. Although daylight will hide them
Read More[ad_1] Jove’s natural satellites total nearly four score and run the gamut in size, ranging from tens to thousands of
Read More[ad_1] The moon is taking a tour of some of the brightest planets in the night sky this week and
Read More[ad_1] Jupiter starts December in the eastern part of Capricornus, about 16.5° east of Saturn. It shines at magnitude –2.3,
Read More[ad_1] Sunday, December 5 It’s Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)’s time to shine! Rising by 2 A.M. local time, your best
Read More[ad_1] Monday, November 29 The early-morning hours between midnight and sunrise are the best time to observe Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as
Read More[ad_1] The planets of the solar system are varied in their appearance. Mercury is slate gray while Venus is pearly
Read More[ad_1] Saturday, October 23 Cepheus the King is a house-shaped pattern of stars that circles Polaris as one of several
Read More[ad_1] Monday, November 1 The American Association of Variable Star Observers is an amateur organization dedicated to observing celestial objects
Read More[ad_1] In 2011, scientists used a camera on the EPOXI mission to the asteroid belt to discover and weigh a
Read More[ad_1] Venus crosses into Sagittarius Nov. 1 and is visible within half an hour of sunset, low and bright in
Read More[ad_1] Monday, November 8 Cassiopeia the Queen is easily recognizable in the northern sky, thanks to the W-shaped asterism formed
Read More[ad_1] For two nights in a row starting Wednesday (Nov. 10), you can see the moon pass by two bright
Read More[ad_1] On Nov. 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V
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