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- February 01, 2024
Saturn will be lost to the glare of the Sun by mid-month, but a thin, crescent Moon appears to the lower left of it shortly after sunset on the 10th. Neptune is too faint and low for proper observation, but Jupiter remains easily visible in the evening...
- January 03, 2024
We all dream of long, dark nights under a star-studded sky. We’ve all imagined looking up at the Milky Way arcing overhead, stretching from horizon to horizon. Regardless of our imaginings, there’s always one thing missing: light pollution.
- January 01, 2024
Saturn is low in the southwest after sunset and is visited by the waxing crescent Moon on the 14th. Similarly, you only have an hour or two to observe Neptune before it sinks too close to the horizon, but Jupiter remains visible throughout the evening...
- December 27, 2023
We’ve all seen them - an apparently random streak of light across the night sky that often vanishes as suddenly as it appears. Meteors, or shooting stars as they’re popularly known, are nothing more than tiny clumps of dust and rock particles, no larger...
- December 20, 2023
It’s time to plan the annual family vacation, and you’ve persuaded your nearest and dearest that some time under the stars would benefit everyone. So where do you want to go? Are you looking to venture overseas? Maybe you’d like to discover the wonders...
- December 06, 2023
What will you see in the sky in 2024? Learn where the planets will be in 2024 and when solar eclipses, meteor showers & eclipses of the Moon will take place. The High Point 2024 Astronomical Calendar is your guide to the night sky for every month of the...
- December 01, 2023
Mars is too close to the Sun to be visible, but Mercury reaches elongation in the evening sky on the 4th, with a crescent Moon to its upper left on the 14th. Mercury is then lost within the Sun’s glare a few days later.
- November 01, 2023
Mars is in conjunction with the Sun on the 18th and won’t be visible, but Mercury can be seen in the evening sky during the second half of the month.
- October 11, 2023
Our Sun gives us a unique opportunity to study a star up close, but while we’ve been observing it for hundreds of years, there’s still much that remains only partly understood, or even a complete mystery. One thing we don’t fully understand is the solar...
- October 04, 2023
At some time or another, you’ve probably seen photos of the Sun with dark spots on its surface. These markings, known as sunspots, have been studied for hundreds of years, but what are they? What causes them? And is there a way to safely see them for...
- October 01, 2023
Mars is lost to the Sun’s glare this month, while Saturn remains visible throughout the evening in Aquarius, with a waxing gibbous Moon nearby on the 23rd and 24th.
- September 13, 2023
Total solar eclipses are one of the most breathtaking sights in nature, and people across the world bear witness to these celestial events with awe and wonder - but that wasn’t always the case. There was a time, many years ago, when eclipses were looked...
- September 06, 2023
If there’s one natural phenomenon that everyone should witness at least once in their lifetime, it’s a total solar eclipse. Quite simply, there’s nothing else like it. The temperature drops, the sky goes dark, the stars and planets briefly shine and all...
- September 01, 2023
Your last chance to see Mars low in the west shortly after sunset will probably come around the 10th, but Saturn remains visible throughout the entire night. It’ll be rising as Mars sets, with the waxing gibbous Moon just below it on the 26th.
- August 23, 2023
Whenever you see a depiction of someone stargazing, they’re often either looking up with just their eyes or peering through a telescope. It seems as though we associate binoculars more with birding than with astronomy, and yet binoculars can be an extremely...
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