The Sky This Week from Nov. 7 to 14: Mercury visits Mars
You have a short time to catch Mercury, Mars, and Antares in the southwestern sky after sunset on the 12th. ...
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The Sky This Week from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7: Catch celestial ghosts
Open cluster NGC 559 in Cassiopeia is also known as the Ghost’s Goblet. Credit: Digitized Sky Survey The article details ...
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The Sky This Week from Oct. 24 to 31: Iapetus stands near Saturn
Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus reaches inferior elongation this week, when it stands north of Saturn and has rotated halfway between ...
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The Sky This Week from Oct. 17 to 24: The Orionids peak
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 17The Summer Triangle is now sinking in ...
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The Sky This Week from Oct. 10 to 17: The Moon meets Jupiter
The Moon and Jupiter are visible starting around midnight; they continue to rise higher in the early morning. Credit: Stellarium/Noctua ...
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The Sky This Week from Oct. 3 to 10: Titan’s last shadow transit
Titan and its shadow transit Saturn overnight on October 5/6. Only moons brighter than magnitude 10.5 are shown here. Credit: ...
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The Sky This Week from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3: See the zodiacal light
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 26The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point ...
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Saturn & Neptune at opposition
Saturn (left) and Neptune (right) both reach opposition this week, appearing at their best in the sky. (Note this image ...
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Comet Wierzchoś in Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is the curved constellation at right in this image of the sky, which also shows Hercules and Lyra. ...
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Full Moon and a lunar eclipse
On September 5th, the constellation Camelopardalis, containing Kemble's Cascade and NGC 1502, will be visible in the northern sky after ...
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