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- 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.
- July 01, 2023
Mercury, Venus, and Mars each appear close to the star Regulus this month. Mars is closest on the 10th when about 0.8 degrees will separate them, with Venus being closest from the 14th to the 16th, with 3.5 degrees between them.
- May 01, 2023
Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun on the 9th, with Neptune also invisible. However, both Venus and Mars can still be seen in the evening sky, with the waxing crescent Moon to the lower right of Venus on the 22nd.
- March 01, 2023
Neptune is too close to the Sun to be visible this month, while Venus and Jupiter continue to shine in the evening twilight.
- January 11, 2023
There are eight planets in the solar system (including the Earth), and although you can see the five brightest with the naked eye, you really need a telescope to catch them at their best. Let’s review each one and get an idea of what you can expect to...
- October 01, 2022
Venus, typically the brightest planet, remains lost within the sun’s glare this month, but Saturn, the most distant and dimmest planet visible to the naked eye, can be seen throughout the evening.
- September 07, 2022
Ask anyone what a moon or planet is, and they’ll probably tell you a moon orbits a planet, and a planet orbits the Sun. However, asteroids are a little more complicated. Like planets, they orbit the Sun, but they’re not the same. For starters, there are...
- September 01, 2022
Venus is lost within the sun’s glare this September, but you may be able to glimpse Mercury very low in the west during the first few days of the month.
- July 01, 2022
Mercury is visible about 15-20 minutes before sunrise for the first week of the month, and then re-appears in the evening twilight for the last four or five days.
- June 16, 2022
Of all the planets in the solar system, none have captivated the public’s imagination more than Mars. This small world, only about half the size of the Earth, has long been the subject of speculation regarding alien life -- with observers, writers, and...
- October 01, 2021
Despite being probably the nearest planetary nebula to the Sun, the Helix Nebula can be a challenging target for visual observers. Its low surface brightness and relatively large apparent diameter (almost the size of the full Moon) make this target better...
- June 25, 2021
We're going live! Tune in live with our team member, Kyle, as he shares views of the June "Strawberry Moon". This will also be the last "supermoon" of 2021. Kyle will be taking your questions about the Moon, astronomy, and more!
- February 22, 2019
Observatories are home to some of the biggest and most impressive telescopes in the world. As many amateur astronomers know, there are many ways to experience the night sky beyond looking through a home telescope observatory in your own backyard. Arizona...
- January 01, 2026
It’s a quiet start to the year, with two of the brighter planets - Venus and Mars - both too close to the Sun to be visible. However, Saturn can be seen over the southwestern horizon in the evening.
- December 30, 2025
Get ready for the next step in Seestar performance! With the Seestar S30 Pro, ZWO delivers a compact, all-in-one imaging system that captures galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, the Sun, the Moon, and even daytime landscapes with minimal effort.
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