Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 25, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. ■ Saturn shines lower left of the Moon at dusk, as shown below. ■ This is the time of year when the Big Dipper lies down horizontal low in the north-northwest after dark. And the farther south you are the lower it is. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 18, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 ■ First-quarter Moon (exact at 12:13 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines in the south-southwest this evening. It’s just a day past apogee; can you reliably detect that it’s just a bit smaller than average? ■ Spot Altair about three fists […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 11, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 ■ As October proceeds, Deneb slowly replaces Vega as the zenith star of early evening (for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes). Accordingly, dim Capricornus has replaced Sagittarius as the zodiacal constellation having its best display in the south. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 5, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 ■ Vega is the brightest star very high in the west at nightfall. Arcturus, equally bright, is getting low in the west-northwest. The brightest star in the vast expanse between them, about a third of the way from Arcturus up […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 27, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ■ Now Saturn shines about a fist to the Moon’s right in the evening, as shown above. You’ll find it lower right of the Moon after midnight. ■ Algol should be at its minimum brightness for a couple hours centered […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 20, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, September 20 Now is the best time to catch 145-mile-wide Juno as it passes through a random collection of 9th- and 10th-magnitude stars. Now located in far southern Aquila near its border with Sagittarius, Juno glows at magnitude 9.6. Around 9 P.M. local daylight time, […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 13, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, September 13 Blazing at magnitude –4.8, Venus is nearing its greatest illuminated extent and stands out as an unmissable evening star after sunset. This evening it is joined by a lovely thin crescent Moon as the pair hangs together in Virgo the Maiden, near […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 30, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 ■ The waning gibbous Moon rises in the east in late twilight. Saturn follows it up about 30 minutes later. Another hour and they’re nicely high free and clear. Although they look close together (about 5°), Saturn is currently 3,400 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 23, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 ■ Late these evenings as autumn approaches, Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star, makes its inevitable appearance above the southeast horizon. Its rising time will depend on where you live. But by about 11 p.m. now, you should have no trouble identifying […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 16, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 ■ Now the Moon shines about 10° left of Venus in twilight. Look too for Spica. ■ Check the sky low in the northwest or north at the end of these long summer twilights. Would you recognize shiny, ripply noctilucent clouds if […]
