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July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...
July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.
The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...
I recently traveled to go stargazing and was amazed at how vivid the night sky was. This inspired me to find ways to view it more often at home. (Due to a smog-infested sky in LA, I cannot see stars.
The short nights of high summer limit opportunities to view the night sky, but by the last week of July ... unmistakably bright and joined by the waning crescent Moon on the mornings of the 21st and ...
Pluto will reach its closest approach to Earth and align opposite the Sun on July 25, appearing slightly brighter (magnitude ...
On June 29th, skywatchers are in for a treat as the Moon and Mars will appear in a close conjunction, only 0.2 degrees apart, ...
Mars appears low in our western sky for an hour or two after sunset.  Spotting it will be made easier if binoculars are used.
Learn about the history of planetariums, are turning 100 in 2025, and check out the special source of Canton's own light ...
Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...
Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...