Earthsky Tonight — April1, 2010 Follow the arc to Arcturus
Now is the perfect time to look outside in the evening and learn a phrase useful to skywatchers. Scouts learn it. Grandparents teach it to kids. It was one of…
Earthsky Tonight – March 31, 2010 Mercury and Venus in same binocular field after sunset
If you have never seen the planet Mercury before, now is time to do so. Find the planet Venus in the western twilight after sunset, and you are pretty much…
Tonight, the waning gibbous moon beams near two bright and beautiful stars
Tonight, the waning gibbous moon beams near two bright and beautiful stars, Arcturus and Spica.
Earthsky Tonight — March 29, 2010 Full moon near Saturn
Tonight, the full moon beams between the golden planet Saturn and sparkling blue-white Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden.
Earthsky Tonight – March 28, 2010: Moon and Saturn from dusk until dawn
Go out at nightfall and look to the east, you will see the beautiful planet Saturn. It will be the starlike object close to tonight’s almost-full waxing gibbous moon.
Earthsky Tonight – March 27, 2010 Moon’s closest approach in March
The moon comes closest to the Earth for all of this month on March 28, 2010, at 5 hours Universal Time. For the central US, that puts the moon’s closest…
Earthsky Tonight — March, 26, 2010: Moon swings close to Regulus
Can you find the star that is shining close to the big and bright waxing gibbous moon tonight? That is Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion.
Earthsky Tonight — March 25, 2010: Moon and Mars guide to Beehive star cluster
This evening, you will find Mars as a bright orangish “star” to the upper right of the moon. You will need a medium sized telescope and good seeing conditions to…
Earthsky Tonight — March 24, Moon close to Mars
If you have been tracking the moon over the past few evenings, you know that it has been passing through some of the major players in the late winter, early…
Earthsky Tonight — Earthsky Tonight
onight, the waxing gibbous moon shines in front of the constellation Gemini, and is flanked by two beautiful stars. To the north of the moon is Capella, the beacon star…