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More zodiac, the moon in Taurus and a lively sun
The zodiac constellations are the backdrop stars we see when looking across our orbit. We can't see the constellation the sun is in because of daylight, but at night we can look out the other side of...
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Supermoon thrills skywatchers last night
Moonbeams created by leaves and fog pour from last night’s perigee supermoon. Details: 24mm lens at f/2.8, 30-second time exposure, ISO 400. Credit: Bob King I tried. I really tried to see if the...
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See a lunar crater arc tonight / 4-comet tableau / Space station flybys
Tonight’s gibbous moon features a lovely arc of large craters visible in binoculars beginning with Plato on down to Clavius. Credit: Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley’s Virtual Moon Atlas If you...
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Happy Birthday Galileo, You Old Iconoclast You
Portrait of Galileo by Justus Sustermans (1597-1681) painted in 1636. Can you imagine if Galileo had a Facebook page how many likes and birthday wishes he’d wake up to today? Born 452 years ago in 1564...
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Cool Stuff To See On The Moon Tonight With Binoculars
The waxing gibbous moon will be a couple fists to the left (east) of Mars and Saturn this evening just above the “Teapot” of Sagittarius. Stellarium We’ll have an awesome moon standing up in the south...
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Get An Eyeful Of Copernicus, The Moon’s Most Magnificent Pothole
Copernicus is a standout crater on tonight’s 9-day-old moon — big enough to easily spot in binoculars and stunning in a small telescope. The crater was named for Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus,...
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Lunar Odyssey — Visit The Sea Of Showers, Bay Of Rainbows And Copernicus Tonight
This is how the moon will look tonight through 10x binoculars or a small telescope. Our featured impacts are Copernicus, the Sea of Showers and Bay of Rainbows, but I couldn’t resist adding Tycho, a...
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Highlights Of The Waxing Gibbous Moon
The crater Copernicus is one of the moon’s finest and visible in binoculars. A small asteroid excavated the rocky bowl some 800 million years ago. Since then the crater’s walls have slumped to create a...
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