Tag: Messier 44

Late Moon Poses Near Planets and Leaves Evening Dark for a Dolphin Dive, Autumn Brings Meteors, a Comet Shows Potential, and Planets Rule the Night!

The globular cluster NGC 6934 in Delphinus as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is also known as Caldwell 47. This image covers about 3 arc-minutes of the sky, or 1/10th of the full moon’s diameter. (Wikipedia) Hello, Autumn Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of September 22nd, 2024 by Chris…
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Morning Mars Kisses Saturn, A Waxing Moon Travels Taurus, and Some Bright Delights!

The moon at its first quarter phase, imaged by Michael Watson of Toronto in mid-twilight on April 22, 2018. The nights surrounding first quarter on Saturday, April 9 are the best ones for evening views of the moon through binoculars and any size of telescope. Welcome to International Astronomy Month, April Stargazers!l Stargazers! Here are…
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A Waxing Moon in Evening, Planets Appear after Sunset and Midnight, Minor Planets Dance with Deep Sky Delights, and Nova News!

This mosaic of images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is centred on Mare Imbrium, the huge and ancient impact basin that covers much of the moon’s northern Earth-facing hemisphere. The mountains around its right (lunar west) edge are highlighted around the first quarter phase. Sinus Iridium and the curved Montes Jura are prominent about…
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We Leap into March with a Lunar X, the Evening Moon Slides by Several Star Clusters, Venus near Uranus, and Betelgeuse Brightens!

The Open cluster Messier 35, also known as the Shoe-Buckle cluster sits near the feet of Castor in Gemini. The small open cluster NGC 2158 is to the lower right of it in this image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The area of sky shown here measures about one finger’s width of the sky,…
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The Bright Moon Touches Taurus’ Horn’s Tip, then Dips a Toe into Earth’s Shadow, while Venus and Mars Shine at Dusk and Dawn!

This wide field image of Orion was captured on January 2, 2020 by Alan Dyer of Alberta, Canada. Orange-tinted Betelgeuse, which marks Orion’s shoulder (top centre), normally shines as bright as Orion’s opposite foot – the bright, blue star Rigel. In the last few weeks, Betelgeuse has diminished noticeably in apparent brightness – a possible…
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