The Red Planet lights up a famous star cluster this month
The conjunction of Venus and the Beehive was a beautiful, if not dazzling, sight as seen from the author’s home ...
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The Sky This Week from December 13 to 20: 2024’s last Full Moon
Friday, December 13The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EST. At that time, the Moon ...
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The best deep-sky targets in Taurus
NGC 1514 The Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514) was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1790. Credit: Eric ...
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The Sky This Week from December 6 to 13: Jupiter reaches opposition
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunningly sharp view of Jupiter when the planet was near opposition in 2019. Credit: ...
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Presenting the Celestron Origin Home Observatory
The Origin captures multiple hues of the hydrogen gas and dust within the emission nebula M8, also known as the ...
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What’s in the southern sky this month?
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Space Telescope Science Institute You don’t want to miss Jupiter this month. The giant planet ...
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Festive astronomy products for everyone on your list
Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue Check out the newest telescopes, accessories, books, and more from the ...
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December 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches its best Northern Hemisphere opposition in a decade
Jupiter reaches its best apparition in a decade for northern observers and offers a wealth of detail. Joining in late ...
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See Jupiter at its best
Back to Article List The giant planet hasn’t been this bright in a decade, and it reaches opposition December 7. ...
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The Sky This Week from November 29 to December 6: The Moon meets Venus
Friday, November 29Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is ...
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