EarthSky Tonight—Tonight Nov 10, Can we see stars outside our Milky Way galaxy?
The answer is no – unless you count seeing the combined light of many billions of stars.
EarthSky Tonight—Nov 9, Use constellation Cassiopeia to find Andromeda galaxy
Remember, on a dark night, this galaxy looks like a faint smudge of light. Once you have found it, try again with binoculars or your telescope.
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight Nov 5, Constellation Cassiopeia high in northeast on November evenings
Cassiopeia was a queen in ancient Greek mythology. According to legend, she boasted she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, called the Nereids.
EarthSky Tonight—Nov 4, Modest meteor shower tonight. Moon and Venus before dawn tomorrow.
The South Taurids are expected to be at their best after midnight tonight, but you can start watching at mid-evening. And the other Taurid shower – the North Taurids –…
EarthSky Tonight—Nov 3, Crescent moon, planet Venus in glow of dawn November 4
The moon will be the easier of the two worlds to see.
EarthSky Tonight—Nov 2, Use Great Square of Pegasus to find Andromeda galaxy
If you need some help finding the Andromeda galaxy, there are a couple of different ways to use neighboring constellations to find it.
EarthSky Tonight—Nov 1, Looking out our Milky Way galaxy’s south window
Remember the Great Square of Pegasus and the star Fomalhaut, and you have what it takes to look out the south window of the Milky Way galaxy!
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…