EarthSky Tonight—September 5, Hazy pyramid of light in east? False dawn.
The zodiacal light is a pyramid-shaped glow in the east before dawn. It is even “milkier” in appearance than the starlit trail of the summer Milky Way.
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight September 4, Orion the Hunter well up before dawn in September
Orion the Hunter is always behind the sun as seen from Earth in June. It comes back to the predawn sky every year in late July. By early September, Orion…
EarthSky Tonight—Tonight September 2, Venus sets as Jupiter rises on September evenings
The farther south you live, the later that Venus stays out after dark. That means a later rising time for Jupiter, too.
EarthSky Tonight—September 1, Venus, Mars, Spica meet in west after sunset early September
a celestial trio – the planets Venus and Mars, and the star Spica fitting within a circle that is smaller than 5 degrees in diameter.
EarthSky Tonight—August 31, Moon and Pleiades from midnight to dawn
The Pleiades cluster is often called the Seven Sisters, though most people can only see six Pleiades stars with the unaided eye. These six little starlets create the tiny dipper-shaped…
EarthSky Tonight—August 25, Orion the Hunter and Sirius the Dog Star
Orion will be visible in the evening by winter, but right now the Hunter lords over the southeastern sky at dawn’s first light.
EarthSky Tonight—August 23, Venus points way to fainter Mars
Shining at magnitude -4.4, Venus easily pierces the northern hemisphere’s thick summer air.
EarthSky Tonight—August 22, Almost full moon lights up Capricornus
Look for the three brilliant stars of the Summer Triangle high above the moon tonight.
EarthSky Tonight—August 21, Summer Triangle high overhead on summer evenings
The three stars of the Summer Triangle shine so wonderfully brilliantly that you can see them from light-polluted cities or on a moonlit night.
EarthSky Tonight—August 20, Star-hop from Big Dipper to Arcturus and Spica
pica and Arcturus descend westward throughout the evening hours. Spica sets beneath the west-southwest horizon by mid to late evening. Arcturus sets beneath the west-northwest horizon after midnight.