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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How long would it take for an observer using binoculars to notice the Moon’s terminator moving?
Back to Article List From the January 2016 issue At the Moon’s average distance, it would take about four hours ...
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The Sky This Week from November 22 to 29, 2024
Friday, November 22Last Quarter Moon occurs at 8:28 P.M. EST, leaving most of the evening dark for deep-sky observing. About ...
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The Sky This Week from November 15 to 22: 2024â€s last Super Moon occults the Pleiades
The November Full Moon is also called the Beaver Moon. This photographer captured a stunning Full Moon in November 2017 ...
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2024 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases
The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. ...
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