EarthSky Tonight—October 14, Find constellations of the Zodiac on October evenings
If you are looking from the city or suburbs, you might not be able to pick out these patterns in the sky. After all, these patterns were identified by people…
EarthSky Tonight—October 13, Moon is waxing, but still low in sky
"Why are the evening crescent and the first quarter moon always so low in the autumn evening sky?"
EarthSky Tonight—October 12, Arcturus sparkles in western sky on October evenings
every year at this time, we get questions about three different stars that are flashing different colors.
EarthSky Tonight—October 10, Bright star near moon is red Antares
Antares is a red supergiant star, hundreds of millions of times more voluminous than our sun!
EarthSky Tonight—October 9, Last 2010 evening pairing of moon and Venus
Tonight presents the final pairing of the moon and the planet Venus in the evening sky until the autumn of 2011
EarthSky Tonight—Oct. 7, Legendary Draconid meteors – boom or bust in 2010?
No meteor storm is expected this year. However, you might see more than a handful of “shooting stars.”
EarthSky Tonight—Oct. 6, Golden Capella sparkles red and green in October
Capella’s red and green flashes do not come from the star itself. They come from refraction of Capella’s light by our atmosphere, when this star is low in the sky.
EarthSky Tonight—Oct. 5, Glowing pyramid of light in east might be false dawn
You need a dark sky location to see the zodiacal light, somewhere where city lights are not obscuring the natural lights in the sky. The zodiacal light is a pyramid-shaped…
EarthSky Tonight—Oct. 4, Use Summer Triangle to find plane of Milky Way galaxy
At this time of year, you can use the Summer Triangle – and the constellation Cygnus the Swan – to locate the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
EarthSky Tonight—Oct 3, Find the Andromeda galaxy on dark autumn nights
I learned to find the Andromeda galaxy by star-hopping from the Great Square to the two stars marked here – first Mirach, then Mu Andromedae.