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- November 01, 2025
Mercury appears in both the evening and morning sky this month. It’s briefly visible in the evening sky until the 10th at about 15 minutes after sunset, very low towards the west-southwest.
- August 01, 2024
Mercury is challenging but may be glimpsed low in the west at about 15 minutes after sunset for the first few days. Look roughly eight degrees to the left of Venus, which is now climbing into the evening twilight.
- January 01, 2023
All the planets are visible in the evening sky at the start of January. Mercury appears within the same binocular field of view as Venus on the 1st, with Mercury appearing to the lower right of Venus at about 30 minutes after sunset.
- September 20, 2023
For centuries, civilizations studied the night sky with no aid whatsoever. All they had was the power of their human eyes, and that alone served them well enough to observe meteor showers, planetary movements, and rare cosmic events. Many of us equate...
- August 13, 2025
YouTube has become a great source of educational materials, particularly for younger audiences. Math, science, history, and so many other subjects are explained in kid-friendly ways by experienced educators, making knowledge available to more and more...
- January 01, 2022
When it comes to deep-sky objects that are easily seen from the northern hemisphere, it’s hard to think of anything that comes close to M42, the Orion Nebula. It’s visible to the naked eye, even from suburban skies, as a faint, misty patch just below...
- November 01, 2021
November’s partial eclipse can be seen by everyone on the North American continent, and with 97% of the lunar disc in shadow, it’s almost as close to total as you can get. The downside? No matter where you live in the U.S. or Canada, you’ll need to stay...
- May 20, 2026
If you're just starting out in the hobby, it can be hard to know where to begin and what resources to turn to. Fortunately, we've been doing this for decades, and we're here to share our knowledge and help you find answers to your astronomy questions...
- June 21, 2022
Are you anxious to start studying astronomy and the stars in the night sky? There’s an app for that. Actually, there are several! You might not think of your phone as a prime astronomy tool, but it has everything you need to start seriously studying the...
- November 26, 2025
If you’re struggling to find the perfect gift for the amateur astronomer or astrophotographer in your life, don’t worry, we are here to help! Our gear experts have compiled a list, and checked it twice, to make sure you have plenty of great options that...
- November 01, 2024
ZWO has done it again! As fans of the Seestar S50, we’re excited to see the new “little brother” of the S50: the Seestar S30 Smart Telescope!
- July 19, 2022
As almost everyone knows, there are currently eight planets in the solar system. Not so long ago, there were nine planets, but Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. What happened? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? And what is a planet, anyway?
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