Tag: Messier 31

Earlier Evenings Remain Moonless, Gazing at Giant Galaxies, and All the Planets Available!

The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Eastern and Western Veil Nebulae, are a gigantic remnant of a supernova in the southern wing of the Swan that spans more than five full moon diameters. It is visible in binoculars under very dark skies every summer. The bright star at right named 52 Cygni that the…
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A Waning Moon Gives Early Geminids, and We Tour Pretty Princess Andromeda!

Ron Brecher captured this image of Messier 31, plus Messier 110 and Messier 32 on December 5, 2016. Ron’s original image is and more information are at https://astrodoc.ca/m31/ Hello, Evening Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 29th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends…
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