Busy schedules, light pollution, the weather: sometimes finding even just 30 minutes to stand and stare up at a clear, dark night sky and take in the planets, stars and constellations can be a feat in itself. So when you do find the time, you'll need to know what's visible in the...
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although ...
There is so much to see in the night sky tonight, here's what you can look forward to. A good telescope or pair of binoculars will help you see some of the night sky’s fainter objects. However, the unaided eye is enough to learn its stars and constellations, watch the moon, experie...
Create the Star Map for your significant other, sibling, or parent showing them all the constellations on the sky. No doubt that’s the most original gift of all but also a great wall art decoration. We can assure you – there is no same Star Map poster across the galaxy! Take some ...
Given that broadband companies lack rivals in many cases, Starlink and other satellite internet constellations are a welcome injection of competition. More important, the service enables regions to get connected at broadband speeds where there were no options previously. For example, the Hoh Tribe, ...
However, around the date of the Harvest Moon, the Moon rises at about the same time for several days in a row. Why? Remember that the zodiac is the band of constellations through which the Moon travels from night to night. The section of the zodiac band in which the full Moon travels...
So; Sit in your yard on a clear night, wait for your eye's to adapt, find the constellations/guide stars you know and look around them for the dimmest star you can see. Then go back to Stellarium, find those dim ones on the map "click" and read the magnitude,, ...
It forms a nearly straight line with the bright planets Venus (right) and Jupiter (left) in the sky, revealing the path of the ecliptic. ©timeanddate The ecliptic is the name given to the path the Sun follows through the stars and constellations over the course of a year. We can’...
Next time I'll try my Morpheus 9mm for 73x. Tonight was a good exercise in navigating the sky area around the Oph and Aquila constellations using an RDF and the SkySafari app on my iPad. I wanted 38x so that I would have roughly two degrees to work with. When my new Askar FM...
Written in the stars is our emotional fates and our destinies can only be altered if not sheer will, than by entire constellations of condolences: chocolate. May I never again experience the chaos that is mercury in retro(eighth)grade. In Response To: Your Kid’s Smartphone Posted on March...