Category: Astronomy

Night Sky this Week

On Saturday the full moon rises in the night sky this week. It is the Snow Moon because of the amount of snow we have during this month, maybe in years past. You heard of the supermoon (a moon being…

Night Sky this Week

Venus cannot be missed in the western sky and get brighter as the “evening star” is the brightest object in the night sky beside the moon in the night sky this week. Venus sets around 12:07 AM. It is as…

Night Sky Tonight

Jupiter resides in Capricornus this month in the night sky tonight. With a telescope, you can see the giant red spot. Saturn is found in the sky all night in the constellation of Capricornus east of Jupiter. A great site…

Night Sky Tonight

Venus can be found in the early morning sky climbing higher as the days go on. The planet is now in the constellation of Taurus the Bull near the star cluster: Hyades in the night sky tonight. Jupiter rises around…

Supermoons

We are going to enjoy a “season” of 3 full moon supermoons on March 9, April 8 and May 7, 2020. Then we’ll have a “season” of 3 new moon supermoons on September 17, October 16 and November 15, 2020.…

Venus

Venus Sometimes called our sister planet, despite similar properties, this “sibling” is nothing like Earth.   This computer-simulated Venus globe contains data from several spacecraft: Magellan; Venera 13, 14, 15, and 16; and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Additional Earth-based data…