Friday, February 09, 2024

Today: The most distant object human eyes can see, the Andromeda galaxy, appears as a faint smudge of light, one half of the way above the west-northwest horizon, as twilight ends after 7 o’clock this evening. It appears between the stars of Andromeda, and her...

Thursday, February 08, 2024

Today: By 8:30 PM this evening, the “twin” stars of Gemini appear quite high in the east-southeast, two-thirds of the way up from the horizon, and ride very high across the southern skies. Pollux, a bit brighter and on the lower left, and Castor, on the...

Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Today: Orion is an easy target, even on a moonlit night. Tonight, the lack of moonlight might give you an opportunity to see a fainter feature of our winter Giant. Look below his three belt stars, where a fainter line marks his sword. The very end of the sword is a...

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Today: An early morning challenge awaits from 6:00 to 6:30, as a thinning Crescent Moon appears wll to the right of the stunning Venus, slipping more and more into the Sun’s twilight each morning. From 6:15 to 6:25, you might barely glimpse another planet below...

Monday, February 05, 2024

Today: The Milky Way is showing off in the dark, moonless evening skies, arching from southeast and into the south, climbing above Orion and nearly overhead. It then shimmers down toward the northwestern horizon. During March, the Milky Way, and Orion, ease lower into...

Sunday, February 04, 2024

Today: A waning Crescent Moon continues its early morning showcase, moving from the right of the red star Antares earlier this morning, to the left of Antares tomorrow morning from 6 to 6:15 AM. By 6:15, even though the twilight gets brighter and brighter, Venus...