Monday, July 14, 2025

Today: The southern end of the Milky Way hosts a rich variety types of objects because it is the center of our galaxy, though binoculars or telescopes are needed. Looking at the red star Antares, due south at 9:45 PM, ordinary binoculars will show a fuzzy object...

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Today: Once the sky starts to fully darken, at around 10:00 PM, look a little more than half-way up in the west-southwest, where the pale-orange Arcturus commands the western skies, the brightest star of summer. Toward the northeast from there, you might discern...

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Today: Looking due south at 10:00 PM this evening, you will find the red star Antares, the brightest star in the summer constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion. Antares is usually considered the “heart” of the Scorpion. Note the general shape of this constellation is an...

Friday, July 11, 2025

Today: In the wee hours, at 2:45 tomorrow morning, Venus will break the horizon in the east-northeast. Venus is usually the brightest object in the night sky, apart from the Moon. But one of the brighter stars, Aldebaran, will rise just after Venus, and just below, at...

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Today: Tonight welcomes July’s full “Buck Moon.” Being just a month past the summer solstice, the Full Moon will arc low as it travels across the southern sky. In this way the Moon behavior is opposite that of the sun, with moon traveling low across the sky in the...

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Today: The second brightest star in the summer sky, Vega, appears nearly overhead at midnight. From the zenith, lower your focus into the east, still quite high, where another bright star catches your attention, Deneb, highlighting the tail feathers of the...