12, the bright, nearly full moon will shine near the planet Uranus. Use binoculars (orange circle) to look for the medium-bright star Botein (Delta Arietis) shining below the moon. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) On Thursday night, Dec. 12, the bright, nearly full moon will ...
Through binoculars, two stars of the AR system are easily resolved – the 4.9 magnitude primary is seen to be led across the sky by a 7.1 magnitude secondary (component C) which is a very tight double itself. Its 8.9 magnitude partner is resolvable in mid-sized scopes. Large aperture scope...
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...
You might want to pay particular attention to the period around the October 30 Mars retrograde station, falling as it does at a time when Saturn is making its final close pass to a square with Uranus: an economic and geopolitical crisis point on the world stage since 2021. Given that much...
The Moon will be in the constellation Aries. The planetUranuswill be about 3 degrees (six Moon widths) north of the Moon during totality. Normally it is a bit too dim to see with the naked eye, but binoculars and small telescopes reveal it as a small, mint-green dot. Find more skywa...
experiencing the energy of Virgo. The mirror image of Virgo is Aquarius. Now we are in the transition stage of blending our male and female energy into one. This will happen during the time period of Uranus moving through Pisces. In 2010 Uranus moves into Aries, and we start a whole new...