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— October 8, Close-up on constellation Auriga the Charioteer
Capella is located at one corner of the constellation Auriga. Capella marks the Charioteer’s left shoulder.
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.
EarthSky Tonight—Oct 2, Jupiter is a guide to Great Square
Learn the Great Square of Pegasus tonight, and you can use these stars to star-hop to the Andromeda galaxy
EarthSky Tonight—Sept. 30, What bright star flashes red and green in northeast?
The atmosphere splits or “refracts” the star’s light, just as a prism splits sunlight.
EarthSky Tonight—September 27, Summer Triangle high overhead on autumn evenings
Even as autumn is beginning, we still have several months to watch the large asterism known as the Summer Triangle. T