Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Today: Early risers tomorrow can look high in the southeast at around 5:30 AM. Almost vertically aligned are the head of the Gemini Twins, Castor and Pollux. Then comes the adjacent Jupiter, just below. These three bodies form an arc that points to the star Procyon,...

October 27, 2025

Sunrise: 7:21 AM Sunset: 5:47 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 26 minutes The colder weather lately has many people trying to work with the weather in terms of putting their gardens and various plantings to bed. One recommendation is that you wait until the ground...

Monday, October 27, 2025

Today: In the last glow of twilight, a growing Crescent Moon rides low over the southern horizon, but not alone, as the Moon nestles squarely within Sagittarius. Below and to the right, the reddish Antares can be seem briefly before it dips below the horizon. Also...

October 26, 2025

Sunrise: 7:19 AM Sunset: 5:49 PM Length of the day: 10 hours and 30 minutes Late October is prime time for spells of “Faux Summer”, perhaps their mild winds and hazy skies are that much more rare and precious because of the shortening light and the...

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Today: Arcturus, the brightest star in the evening skies, still close to due west, appears less than one quarter of the way up as twilight ends, setting earlier each evening, and heads below the west-northwest horizon at 8:00 PM EDT. Arcturus owes its brilliance to...