Sky this Week | Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com/tags/sky-this-week/ Astronomy news, photos, observing events, and space missions. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:35:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2024/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Sky this Week | Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com/tags/sky-this-week/ 32 32 The Sky This Week from December 6 to 13: Jupiter reaches opposition https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-december-6-to-13-2024/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=155789// Friday, December 6Asteroid 15 Eunomia is making its way through central Auriga this month, passing numerous deep-sky objects along the way.  By 9 P.M. local time this evening, the asteroid is nearly 50° high in the eastern sky. It’s skimming close to 5th-magnitude Phi (φ) Aurigae, just 1° east of the star tonight. Now magnitudeContinue reading "The Sky This Week from December 6 to 13: Jupiter reaches opposition"

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]]> The Sky This Week from November 29 to December 6: The Moon meets Venus https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-november-29-to-december-6-2024/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=155362// Friday, November 29Pegasus the Winged Horse might be the most well-known horse-themed star pattern in the sky, but he is not alone. Once you find Pegasus, slowly sinking in the west this evening after sunset, next locate Enif, the star that typically is drawn marking Pegasus’ nose or mouth. Just below (west of) this starContinue reading "The Sky This Week from November 29 to December 6: The Moon meets Venus"

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]]> The Sky This Week from November 22 to 29: Venus lingers long after sunset https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-november-22-to-29-2024/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=155140// Friday, November 22Last Quarter Moon occurs at 8:28 P.M. EST, leaving most of the evening dark for deep-sky observing.  About two hours after sunset, you’ll find the Great Square of Pegasus high in the southeastern sky. The Winged Horse is home to a fabulous globular cluster, M15, which just barely hits naked-eye magnitude at 6.2.Continue reading "The Sky This Week from November 22 to 29: Venus lingers long after sunset"

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]]> The Sky This Week from November 15 to 22: 2024’s last Super Moon occults the Pleiades https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-november-15-to-22-2024/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=154787// Friday, November 15We’re starting out the week strong with the Moon on center stage. November’s Full Moon, also called the Beaver Moon, occurs at 4:29 P.M. EST. But there’s more to this Full Moon — it’s a Super Moon, which occurs when the Moon reaches Full near its closest point to Earth, called perigee. ItContinue reading "The Sky This Week from November 15 to 22: 2024’s last Super Moon occults the Pleiades"

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]]> The Sky This Week from November 8 to 15: Catch the Leonids early https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-november-8-to-15-2024/ Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=154778// Friday, November 8Although the constellation Perseus is perhaps best known for housing the famous Double Cluster, it’s also home to another open star cluster: M34, one of the Hero’s two Messier objects.  M34 is some 180 million years old and sits 1,400 light-years from Earth. The cluster contains about 100 stars and takes up roughlyContinue reading "The Sky This Week from November 8 to 15: Catch the Leonids early"

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]]> The Sky This Week from November 1 to 8: Valles Marineris comes into view https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-november-1-to-8-2024/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=154409// Friday, November 1New Moon occurs this morning at 8:47 A.M. EDT.  The planet Mercury is now becoming visible, low in the evening sky. If you have a clear view southwest, you may catch the planet some 30 minutes after sunset, hanging just 2° above the horizon. Although bright at magnitude –0.3, it may be difficultContinue reading "The Sky This Week from November 1 to 8: Valles Marineris comes into view"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 25 to November 1: Callisto slips south of Jupiter https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-october-25-to-november-1-2024/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=154081// Friday, October 25Venus passes 3° north of Antares at 3 P.M. EDT. The pair is very low in the southwest, but if you’ve got a clear horizon, both should be visible some 40 minutes after sunset. Venus stands out first, glowing a brilliant magnitude –4. Compare its light to dimmer, magnitude 1.1 Antares, to theContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 25 to November 1: Callisto slips south of Jupiter"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 18 to 25: The Orionid meteors peak https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-october-18-to-25-2024/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=153968// Friday, October 18There’s still time to catch Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) in the west after sunset, even as it pulls away from the Sun and Earth on its way back toward the outer reaches of the solar system. Currently hovering between 1st and 2nd magnitude, the comet can be spotted with naked eyes from aContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 18 to 25: The Orionid meteors peak"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 11 to 18: 2024’s third Super Moon rises https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-october-11-to-18-2024/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=153592// Friday, October 11Jupiter, now located in Taurus the Bull, appears in telescopes wreathed by its four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. At times, those moons pass in front of or behind the planet from our point of view, and tonight you can catch the latter as Europa pops into view after crossing behindContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 11 to 18: 2024’s third Super Moon rises"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 4 to 11: Enjoy a First Quarter Moon https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-this-week-from-october-4-to-11-2024/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=153269// Friday, October 4Now that autumn is officially upon the Northern Hemisphere, the familiar wintertime constellations are rising earlier each night. One of those constellations is Taurus, now some 30° above the eastern horizon by local midnight.  The brightest star in Taurus is the Bull’s red giant eye, Aldebaran. (Don’t mistake brighter Jupiter, now in easternContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 4 to 11: Enjoy a First Quarter Moon"

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