Tag: Observing

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. ...

Friday, November 29Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is ...

Back to Article List From the January 2016 issue At the Moon’s average distance, it would take about four hours ...

Friday, November 22Last Quarter Moon occurs at 8:28 P.M. EST, leaving most of the evening dark for deep-sky observing.  About ...

The November Full Moon is also called the Beaver Moon. This photographer captured a stunning Full Moon in November 2017 ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. ...