What’s Up in the Nights Sky April 2nd 2015
Look above Venus at nightfall for the Pleiades star cluster, the size of your fingertip at arm’s length. It’s 8° above Venus this evening. It will pass Venus by less […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky April 1st 2015
The coming of April always finds Orion in the southwest at dusk, leaning over with his three-star belt almost horizontal (depending on your time and latitude). The belt points left […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 31st 2015
The waxing gibbous Moon shines beneath Regulus and the Sickle of Leo early this evening, as shown at right. Farther upper right of the Moon shines bright Jupiter. By late […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 30th 2015
Watch Jupiter’s satellite Europa emerge out of eclipse from Jupiter’s shadow around 11:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. With a telescope, watch for it to gradually glimmer into view a little […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 29th 2015
Tonight the Moon and Jupiter cross the sky together. Although they look fairly near each other, looks in astronomy are deceiving. Jupiter is almost 1,800 times farther away than the […]
What’s Up in the Nights Sky March 28th 2015
Now the Moon has moved inside the triangle of Jupiter, Pollux, and Procyon.
Whats Up in the Nights Sky March 27th 2015
This evening the Moon forms a big kite shape with bright Jupiter far to its left, Pollux to the Moon’s upper left, and Procyon to its lower left
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 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 […]