The Sky This Week from December 20 to 27: Welcome the winter solstice
Friday, December 20Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for fainter targets, including 12th-magnitude Comet 333P/LINEAR. ...
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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 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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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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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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