February brings the opportunity to observe Orion and the more than dozen winter time constellations that surround it, as well as the planet Venus looking stunningly bright shortly after sunset, and a little above it …
Happy New Year! January 2017 offers stargazers an opportunity to see the winter sky’s most prominent constellations, as well five planets, and a wonderful meteor shower called the The Quadrantids. Here’s our monthly guide that …
As 2016 enters its final month, the Northern Hemisphere experiences its winter solstice on December 21st, which for those living in North America means roughly 14 and half hours of night time, after which the …
Constellations In the early evening, the “Summer Triangle” consisting of the brightest stars in Cygnus, Lyra and Aquila appears in the southern sky before moving overhead and traveling progressively westwards as the night advances. To …
Constellations In the early evening, the bright red supergiant star of Arcturus in Bootes presents a beautiful sight in the western sky, while a little later the star fields associated with Sagittarius and Scorpius will …
Constellations In September, the “Summer Triangle” continues to be a regular feature of the night sky with Vega in the constellation Lyra, Deneb in Cygnus, and Altair in Aquila observed overhead soon after night fall. …
Moon and Phases August offers two opportunities, on the 11th, and again on the 25th, to view the Straight Wall (Rupes Recta), which was discovered by Christiaan Huygens in the 1670’s. While this 100 km …
On June 20th is the Summer Solstice, which officially marks the start of summer in the northern hemisphere, and the start of winter in the southern hemisphere. It is also the longest day of the …
Constellations A number of constellations can be seen in the May night sky, with Gemini and Canis Minor setting soon after sunset in the south-west, before paving the way for Leo to hold pride of …
Constellations The winter constellations are beginning to gradually move off the western horizon to be replaced by their spring counterparts. This month, Orion, Canis Major, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga now linger in the sky for …
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