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Friday Find November 4 2022

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top space news of the week. This episode we talk about the discovery of the closest black hole to Earth, Mars Insight Lander close to death, new launch date for Artemis I, Blood Moon eclipse coming, Taurid Fireballs and Moon encounters Jupiter. Phew….that’s […]
2 years ago

Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Viewer’s Guide

Skywatchers in the right location on Earth will get a front row seat to watch the full moon get painted red in the last total lunar eclipse until 2025.  The perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon creates one of nature’s most eye-catching phenomena that allows all of Earth’s sunrises and sunsets to be […]
2 years ago

Look for the Hunter’s Moon Tonight

As the Sun sets this Sunday, October 9, look towards the east for the beautiful full moon to rise in the constellation Pisces, the fishes. The most popular nickname for full moon’s in October is Hunter’s Moon – in recognition to the traditional start of hunting season in preparation for the long cold winter. Other […]
2 years ago

Jupiter Joins Moon in Close Encounter

On October 8, Saturday night look for an eye-catching close encounter in the sky between the near full moon and brilliant Jupiter. The two will be dominating the southeastern sky as the pair rises soon after darkness falls in the constellation Pisces the fishes. Don’t forget to turn your binoculars on the gas giant to […]
2 years ago

Neptune Near the Moon

Friday night sees the Moon glide close to Neptune – acting as a great guidepost in finding this super-faint planet. The ice giant will appear about 6 degrees away from the Moon in the southeast sky. Neptune shines at magnitude 7.8 making it a telescope target. Through the eyepiece it looks like a tiny, faint, […]
2 years ago

Moon Meets Helix Nebula

On October 6 after darkness falls look for the Moon in the constellation Aquarius and is near the beautiful Helix Nebula. The two objects are about 5 degrees apart – equal to the width of your three middle fingers held at arm’s length. This observing challenge is for backyard telescopes as this planetary nebula is […]
2 years ago