Tag: Observing

Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both ...

Back to Article List Mercury stands less than 3° from the Beehive Cluster in the evening sky, preparing to cross ...

Back to Article List Two distant planets lie 1° apart in the morning sky, visible together through binoculars or a ...

Back to Article List The bright morning star crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction ...

Back to Article List On his first trip to the Grand Canyon Star Party, Dave Eicher joins thousands for a ...

Felton Davis stands near his telescope, ready to show passersby the transit of Mercury, which occurred May 9, 2016. Credit: ...

The Beehive Cluster (M44) is a large, bright open cluster of stars that lies near the ecliptic, so it’s often ...

Back to Article List Mercury hovers above the horizon near a four-percent-illuminated Moon, whose darkened face may be lit by ...

Back to Article List Globular cluster M15 hides within it a planetary nebula, Pease 1. Observers with large scopes and ...

Back to Article List This picture of a star party caught my attention. This amazing image combines the activity of ...