Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 is set to dazzle skywatchers in early 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about the 'New Year comet'.
The dates are in Universal Time; the ticks are at 0:00 UT (7:00 p.m. on the previous date Eastern Standard Time). Click here for larger, print-friendly black-on-white PDF. Sky & Telescope map. Alongside where to see Comet Lovejoy tonight, learn what else you can observe with your...
Currently, Orion appears ahead of us in our journey around the sun, and has not completely risen above the eastern horizon until after 11:30 p.m. local daylight time. These meteors are at their best during the predawn hours at around 5 a.m. — Orion will then be highest in the sky...
I have just bagged the rather faint comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with my C8 and Nagler 22 mm EP. It shows up as a faint little blob (mag 12.8 or so) in Hercules. I tried a few days ago, but conditions weren't good enough. Tonight the sky was more transparent, although it still was...
Waldameer thankfully doesn’t open until 1:00 in the afternoon so making the drive from eastern to northwestern Pennsylvania was fairly easy, getting into the park just a half hour after opening. Good thing this park is also open gate with a ticket option, since my dad was pretty well wor...
Where is Atlas in the night sky? Atlas /ˈætləs/, designation 27 Tauri, is a triple star systemin the constellation of Taurus. It is a member of the Pleiades, an open star cluster (M45). It is 431 light-years (132 parsecs) away, and is 3.92 degrees north of the ecliptic....
But at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Dec. 8, (0100 GMT on Dec. 9.) that will come to an end. For at that moment,Halley's Cometwill arrive at aphelion; the far end of its orbit — that location in space that places the comet at its farthest point from the sun: 3.27 billion...
For those located at mid-northern latitudes (~40° north), probably the best time to try and observe the comet in the morning sky will come between Friday, Sept. 27 and Tuesday, Oct. 1. During this five-day time frame, prospective comet observers should have their best opportunity to mak...
For northern observers, the Eta Aquarids will appear to radiate out of the constellation Aquarius in the eastern sky. But a dark night sky away from city lights is vital to get the best view. [The 2013 Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: Amazing Photos] Learn why famous meteor showers like the ...
Skywatchers can start looking for Orion low in the eastern sky before dawn on any morning around the peak, Oct. 20-21. The setup is seen here from mid-northern latitudes. Even though the radiant, or point of origin of the meteors is in Orion, meteors can appear far from the ...