The Pleiades (M45), a 100-million-year-old open cluster containing approximately 500 stars located 380 light-years from Earth, is observable high in the east by 10 P.M. local daylight time.

Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus of *Astronomy* magazine, encourages early morning observation of meteors between midnight and 4 a.m. These meteors, identified as Orionids, visually originate from the ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently visible in both morning and evening skies, initially located near the Big Dipper within Canes Venatici before transitioning into Boötes. Its perigee, the closest ...

On October 18, the predawn sky features a close celestial alignment of the Moon and Venus within the constellation Virgo. Venus appears as a magnitude -3.9 object, exhibiting a 94% illuminated gibbous ...

The New Moon is typically invisible from Earth as its illuminated side faces away, with the shadowed side blending into the bright daytime sky when it is positioned between Earth and the Sun.

On October 17th, early morning observations of Jupiter will feature transits of Io's and Europa's shadows across its cloud tops, with specific timings varying by time zone. A telescopic view of ...

An observational event is described, featuring the Moon in close angular proximity to Jupiter. This celestial alignment is scheduled for the early morning of October 14, with Jupiter positioned in the ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, confirmed by its hyperbolic trajectory, marks the first detection of hydroxyl gas (OH) from a visitor originating outside our solar system, indicating the presence of ...

A recent study examining Martian craters identified that the planet experienced multiple ice ages between approximately 640 and 98 million years ago. This research revealed a consistent pattern ...

Charles Messier first cataloged M51 on October 13, 1773, describing it as a "very faint nebula without any stars" and making it the 51st entry in his catalog. In 1781, Pierre Mechain observed M51 to ...

The Last Quarter Moon phase is scheduled for October 12 at 2:13 P.M. EDT. On October 12 at 6 P.M. EDT, the Moon will pass 4° north of Jupiter, with Jupiter exhibiting a magnitude of –2.2. Telescopic ...

An exclusive tour, "2027 Pharaoh’s Shadow" by Eclipse Traveler, has been introduced to facilitate observation of the 2027 total solar eclipse following the oversubscription of a prior offering. The ...