Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 26th 2015
The first-quarter Moon shines above Orion and below Gemini this evening. If you have a dark enough sky (or binoculars), you can see that the Moon is in or near […]
Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 25th 2015
Look well to the left of the Moon this evening for Betelgeuse in the top of declining Orion. Look lower right of the Moon for similarly-colored Aldebaran, not quite as […]
Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 24th 2015
The Moon shines amid the big, loose Hyades cluster for the Americas. The Moon occults Aldebaran for Alaska and northwestern Canada; see map and timetables of Aldebaran’s disappearance and reappearance.
Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 23rd 2015
Venus shines well to the Moon’s lower right this evening. Venus is brightest point of light at dusk. The second-brightest is Jupiter, much higher in the southeast. Look to the […]
Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 22nd 2015
Crescent Moon and Venus. Look west in twilight for the waxing crescent now posing with Venus, as shown here. At the times of twilight for North America, Venus is 3° […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 21st 2015
In twilight, look west well below Venus for a very thin waxing crescent Moon close to Mars, as shown here. The Moon is just one day old following yesterday’s solar […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 20th 2015
The Sun undergoes a total eclipse for parts of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. The partial phases sweep across a much larger area: all of Europe, North Africa, and […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 19th 2015
Jupiter this season forms a big, temporary quadrilateral with Procyon well to its right at dusk, Regulus a little less far to Jupiter’s lower left, and fainter Alphard, the orange […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 18th 2015
The Big Dipper glitters high in the northeast these evenings, standing on its handle. You probably know that the two stars forming the front of the Dipper’s bowl (currently on […]
What’s Up in the Night Sky March 17th 2015
Jupiter this month forms a big, more-or-less equilateral triangle with Procyon and Pollux. Face southeast after dark, and Procyon is to Jupiter’s lower right. Pollux is to Jupiter’s upper right. […]