"I know of one night that I could do it!"he said,running to the bookshelf.He grabbed the Farmer's Almanac(历书) and started flipping through the pages."Aha!There's still one more full moon in October."They say it's called the harvest moon because it gives farmers more light and ...
To find the other planets, Uranus and Neptune, you will need a telescope. Uranus can be spotted with a pair of binoculars, but it will only look like a tiny pinpoint of light. Through a telescope, Uranus will appear as a pale blue-white circle of light. While Neptune, even through a...
Looks like "third time's a charm" for skywatchers to be treated to a bright comet sighting with Comet NEOWISE, which made its debut this month.
Uranuscan be glimpsed as a naked-eye object by people who are blessed with good eyesight and a clear, dark sky, as well as a forehand knowledge of exactly where to look for it. At its brightest, Uranus shines atmagnitude+5.6 and can be readily identified withgood binoculars. Asmall tele...
This approach informs much of what you read in this issue—our annual travel almanac—and AFAR’s coverage for the rest of the year, both in print and online. We continue to encourage travel because for every overcrowded tourist site, there are many comm...