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.
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 11, Antares is bright star near moon in early evening
The bright star near the moon on October 11 is Antares,
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!