Tag: Observing

Friday, December 20Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for fainter targets, including 12th-magnitude Comet 333P/LINEAR. ...

The conjunction of Venus and the Beehive was a beautiful, if not dazzling, sight as seen from the author’s home ...

Friday, December 13The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EST. At that time, the Moon ...

NGC 1514 The Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514) was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1790. Credit: Eric ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunningly sharp view of Jupiter when the planet was near opposition in 2019. Credit: ...

The Origin captures multiple hues of the hydrogen gas and dust within the emission nebula M8, also known as the ...

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Space Telescope Science Institute You don’t want to miss Jupiter this month. The giant planet ...

Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue Check out the newest telescopes, accessories, books, and more from the ...

Jupiter reaches its best apparition in a decade for northern observers and offers a wealth of detail. Joining in late ...

Back to Article List The giant planet hasn’t been this bright in a decade, and it reaches opposition December 7. ...