An omega moonset’s continuous change

Meiying Lee in Taipei, Taiwan captured these images - and created this video - of the omega moonset on November 10, 2021.

Favorite moon and planet photos, November 5 to 10

Moon and planet photos from the EarthSky community. The planets in the evening sky are spectacular now and about to be more so!

Ceres and Aldebaran meet in early November 2021

Ceres and Aldebaran came close together as seen from Earth in early November, and EarthSky community members were ready to capture the moment.

Photos of November 3-4 auroras. Wow!

Aurora tour guide Markus Varik in Tromso, Norway, shares a collection of aurora photos from the CME impact, along with other photographers around the world.

Andromeda galaxy photos, 2021

Enjoy a photo gallery of the best Andromeda Galaxy images from EarthSky readers! The Andromeda Galaxy is a great observing target on fall evenings.

Colors of Betelgeuse in a star collage

Soumyadeep Mukherjee captured the colors of Betelgeuse in 1,300 individual images that he compiled into a star-shaped collage.

Hunter’s Moon photos: Best of 2021

As autumn advances in the Northern Hemisphere, the Hunter's Moon illuminates the world for several nights around October 20. Hunter's Moon photos here.

Like Baily’s Beads

"Like Bailey's Beads," said Meiying Lee, who created this magnificent composite of thin, waning moons.

Wave clouds from 2 sides of Earth

EarthSky readers on opposite sides of Earth took these two photos of wave clouds on the same day. Wave clouds also go by the name of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds.

Saturn from Earth, 2004 to 2015

As we view Saturn from Earth over years, our perspective changes. Sometimes see the north face of the rings, and sometimes the south face.

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