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The Night Sky This Week April 17 2023

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week. In this episode we highlight the Moon meeting planets and stars, and the annual Lyrid meteor shower and explain what it is and how best to watch it from the city or the country-side.

Watch Moon Hide Mars!

The Griffith Observatory is running a livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Los Angeles, California on Monday January 30th. For a rundown of major sky events this week including comet ZTF, then check out my livestream here

The Night Sky This Week January 30, 2023

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week In this episode we look at the Green comet ZTF as it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, 2023 and the lunar occultation of Mars.

Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World

Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]

Webb Takes Deep Dive into Cosmic Cliffs

Searching for buried treasure can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process. Sifting through the proverbial sand for hours and hours, to rarely hit the jackpot, is common. However, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers are getting a taste of these often elusive bounties. A “deep dive” for buried treasure into one of Webb’s iconic […]

The Night Sky This Week April 17 2023

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week. In this episode we highlight the Moon meeting planets and stars, and the annual Lyrid meteor shower and explain what it is and how best to watch it from the city or the country-side.

Watch Moon Hide Mars!

The Griffith Observatory is running a livestream of the lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Los Angeles, California on Monday January 30th. For a rundown of major sky events this week including comet ZTF, then check out my livestream here

The Night Sky This Week January 30, 2023

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his picks for top skywatching picks of the week In this episode we look at the Green comet ZTF as it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, 2023 and the lunar occultation of Mars.

Light Pollution Affects Most Astronomical Observatories around the World

Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky above most observatories and that immediate action is needed to decrease the amount of contamination coming from artificial light. The work was published in Monthly Notices […]

Webb Takes Deep Dive into Cosmic Cliffs

Searching for buried treasure can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process. Sifting through the proverbial sand for hours and hours, to rarely hit the jackpot, is common. However, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers are getting a taste of these often elusive bounties. A “deep dive” for buried treasure into one of Webb’s iconic […]