"Don't forget to look to the sky [at] the end of the month for the planetary alignment which will have at least five planets — plus the moon — all visible in almost an arc shape as seen from Earth," he wrote. There will be other opportunities this year tocatch a planetary alignme...
The best time to spot the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in the US will be early evening onWednesday, but the two planets will continue to appear close together in the night sky on Thursday, he added. The conjunction will be visible to the naked eye. Conjunctions have no particular astro...
Then you have to wait for your eyes to adjust to the dark. I attempted to find Neptune on 6 different nights before I finally spotted it. Worth it though! I found the Stellarium app really helpful for finding the planets. It would be cool to see them through a telescope one day! =)...
NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye. These planetary hangouts happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. “They’re not in a straight line, but they’re...
Views of the planets were nice, the seeing was OK, but not great. Venus nearly at perfect half phase and will waning to a crescent over the coming month. A moon shadow crossing the disk of Jupiter was clearly visible. Saturn was quite nice, the rings are beautifully tilted open for the...
Theplanetsare visible from right across Australia in the dawn sky. You can start to look for the lineup from Wednesday, January 20 and it can be seen right through until the end of February. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have been in the morning sky since the beginning of the year....
Earlier times produce less surface contrast for the visible imagers (CTX and HiRISE); later times reduce the signal for CRISM which observes reflected sunlight and for MARCI as the eastward limb is closer to the terminator. Later times also impact on-planet views by MCS in that the air-...
See the moon and Venus take a sunset stroll through the night sky tonightThe two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of Wednesday, Dec. 4.Space Pourquoi les séniors s'arrachent ce gadget (économisez 90% de votre...