Tag: Mars-Jupiter conjunction

Shooting Stars, the Waxing X-Moon among Evening Trees, Spotty Saturn Shines Nightly and Mars Attacks Jupiter!

Hello, mid-August Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 11th, 2024 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are expressed in Eastern Time.…
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Meteor Storm After Midnight Maybe, the Moon Masks A Leo Star, and Planets Parade in Predawn!

The scene viewed from Mexico City on Sunday, June 5 at 10:37 pm CDT, just before the moon begins to move in front of the bright star Al Jabhah, aka Eta Leonis. Timings vary by latitude and the hour varies with time zone. (From Stellarium) Hello, Stars and Planets Fans! Here are your Astronomy Skylights…
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Moonless Midnights, Morning Planets in Line, and Boötes Beauties!

This image of spiral galaxy NGC 5248 (also known as Caldwell 45) in southwestern Boötes was captured by Adam Block’s team at Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona on March 3-4, 2011. The image spans 16 arc-minutes of sky, measuring left-to-right, or half the moon’s diameter. Hello, Spring Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for…
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