Thursday, October 23, 2025

Today: If starting with a glance to the northwest around sunset, the progression of the evening will feature Ursa Major, the Big Bear, appearing to dive toward the northern horizon, and then lifting back away from the horizon after midnight. It will circle around Ursa...

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Today: Looking in the east as midnight approaches, the skies hosts a trio of vertically-aligned stars. To the right – or to the south – of east, you’ll find the familiar trio marking the belt of Orion. From top to bottom, the stars are named Mintaka, Alnilam, and...

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Today: Dark evenings tonight and tomorrow will offer a chance to see the Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object human eyes can see. Look in the east-northeast for a slightly curved line of three stars, angled a bit up on the right end. From the middle star, go up...

Monday, October 20, 2025

Today: The Orionid Meteor Shower reaches its peak tonight. It is best seen in the hours after midnight, and the New Moon will contribute to favorable viewing conditions. The fragments of rock are part of debris released by Halley’s Comet, producing some 10 to 20...

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Today: The Milky Way becomes more prominent through the Fall, stretching from northeast to southwest across the top of the sky. It is our view of the Milky Way Galaxy from the inside, looking out. The Sun is embedded in a great disc of stars, and we are looking...

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Today: The delay in the sunrise until after 7 o’clock means you don’t have to get up quite so early to enjoy an eye-catching display of the very slender waning Crescent Moon to the right of the brilliant Venus, rising just before 6 o’clock, and...