EarthSky Tonight—October 25, Moon between Pleiades and star Aldebaran
The farther east you live of North America, the closer the moon will appear to the Pleaides in tonight’s evening sky.
EarthSky Tonight—October 24, Moon can guide you to Pleiades star cluster
The Pleaides cluster returns to the same place in the sky about 4 minutes earlier every night, but the moon rises an average 50 minutes later each evening. Several days…
EarthSky Tonight—October 23, Waning moon rises soon after sunset
he full moon reached the crest of its full phase today (Saturday, October 23) at 1:36 Universal Time. For the Central Time zone in the U.S., that was 8:36 p.m.…
EarthSky Tonight—October 21, Full Hunter’s Moon of 2010 tomorrow
Be aware that the Harvest and Hunter’s Moons are seasonal events, and of course the seasons are opposite in Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres.
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight October 20, Moon washes out Orionid meteors, but guides you to Jupiter
The Orionid meteor shower will probably rain down their greatest number of meteors for 2010 before dawn on Thursday, October 21, 2010
EarthSky Tonight—October 19, Moon and Jupiter close on sky’s dome
With the exception of the moon, Jupiter is the brightest heavenly object in tonight’s evening sky.
EarthSky Tonight—October 18, Bright object near moon is Jupiter
Tonight’s moon is near apogee, or farthest from Earth for this month
EarthSky Tonight—October 17, Solar system’s outermost planet near moon
Neptune, the 8th planet out from the sun, is the only solar system planet that you absolutely cannot see with the unaided eye.
EarthSky Tonight—October 16, See Cassiopeia and Big Dipper on autumn evenings
On October evenings, the Big Dipper resides rather low in the northwest sky, and the W or M-shape constellation Cassiopeia the Queen sits on her throne in the upper northeast…
EarthSky Tonight—October 15, See the sky’s brightest star, Sirius, before dawn
Sirius appears to flash different colors when it is low in the sky . . . really, all the stars are flashing different colors.