The Lyrid meteor shower peaks
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 18Jupiter still rules the early-evening skies, standing ...
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Amateur astronomy industry grapples with tariff chaos
Many companies at NEAF were taking a proactive approach to warning customers about potential price hikes. Credit: Mark Zastrow The ...
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Come with Astronomy associate editor Michael Bakich to Egypt
One of Egypt’s most iconic structures is the Great Sphinx of Giza. Credit: Petar Milošević/WikiMedia Commons I’m leading another eclipse ...
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See the Moon’s beaded ‘heart’ Saturday night
Back to Article List From the February 2025 issue Created by the interplay of light and shadow, the lunar heart ...
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The Sky This Week from April 4 to 11, 2025
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 4This evening, the roughly half-illuminated face of ...
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April 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the morning skies
The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window ...
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The Sky This Week from March 28 to April 4 2025
The First Quarter Moon seems to float above planet Earth in this image snapped from the International Space Station. Credit: ...
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The Sky This Week from March 21 to 28: Galilean moon action
Jupiter is flanked by three of its four Galilean moons in this March 2015 image: Ganymede farthest left, Europa (closing ...
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What is the difference between a 2″ eyepiece and a 1¼” eyepiece?
Back to Article List From the March 2025 issue A 2" eyepiece delivers a wider true field of view than ...
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How to observe the brightest deep-sky objects
The Pleiades (M45) Credit: Warren Keller You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a ...
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