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Saturn at opposition – brightest for 2024 – on September 8
Don't miss Saturn at opposition on and around the night of September 8, 2024. That's when our planet Earth passes between the sun and Saturn.
September 7, 2024
Visible planets and night sky guide for September
Visible planets and night sky guide for September 2024. Mercury will pass the star Regulus from September 8 to 10. Look about 40 minutes before sunrise.
September 7, 2024
Saturn’s rings: Top tips for seeing those glorious rings
If you want to see Saturn's rings, September 2024 is a great time to look. Grab a telescope, find a dark sky and read the tips found here!
September 1, 2024
Mercury farthest from the sunrise on September 5
Mercury reaches its greatest elongation - greatest distance from the sunrise - on September 5, 2024. Look east at dawn. It'll brighten for the next few weeks.
September 1, 2024
Meteor shower guide 2024: The Draconids best around Oct 8
The Draconids will be best before dawn around the nights of October 7-8. Your 2024 meteor shower guide here. Under dark skies you might catch about 10 per hour.
September 1, 2024
Zodiacal light: Start watching for it now
The zodiacal light is an eerie light extending up from the horizon before dawn around the Northern Hemisphere autumn. Southern Hemisphere? Look after sunset!
August 30, 2024
Venus after sunset 2024: Back in the evening sky
Venus after sunset will next reach greatest elongation on January 9-10, 2025. Look for a blazingly bright object in the sunset direction in evening twilight.
August 30, 2024
Does a supermoon have a super effect on us?
The extra pull of gravity from a supermoon creates higher-than-usual tides. But the moon doesn't pull a human body as strongly as an ocean.
August 18, 2024
What’s a globular cluster? The Milky Way has about 150
A globular cluster is a spherical collections of stars orbiting in the halo of spiral galaxies. Our Milky Way galaxy has over 150 globular clusters.
August 16, 2024
What’s a Blue Moon? The next one is August 19
What is a Blue Moon? The 2nd of 2 full moons in a calendar month? Or the 3rd of 4 full moons in a single season? The answer is ... both!
August 15, 2024
