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Mars and the Teapot
Modern stargazers have a hard time seeing a Centaur in the constellation Sagittarius. But the pattern of The Teapot is easy to make out.
October 14, 2016
The graceful arc of the ecliptic
The ecliptic is the path of the sun across our sky, and also of the moon and planets. This photo illustrates it beautifully.
October 13, 2016
Mercury and Jupiter before dawn
A lucky few caught the Mercury-Jupiter conjunction this week, because these worlds are so near the sunrise. Thank you to all who contributed!
October 12, 2016
Dueling lights
Milky Way vs. zodiacal light! Captured over beautiful Yamdrok Lake in Tibet.
October 11, 2016
Draconid meteors in 2016
"The Draconids passed by, and although it wasn't spectacular, I was able to catch a few shooting stars, before everything drowned in clouds."
October 8, 2016
Aurora over Glacier National Park
Mesmerizing video of northern lights, resulting from storms on the sun that send charged particles across space, to interact with Earth's magnetic field.
October 8, 2016
Rare proton arc over Canada
We see lots of photos here at EarthSky, but few photos of a proton arc. It's a rare type of aurora, and experts aren't entirely sure what causes it.
October 6, 2016
Moon passes Venus, October 2016
Nighttime's 2 brightest objects, near each other! Photos from around the world, here.
October 3, 2016
Goodbye September
Jüri Voit saw this rainbow yesterday, the last day of September, in Estonia.
October 1, 2016
Star party ahead
At a star party, amateur astronomers with telescopes will show you the night sky.
September 30, 2016
