This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope

This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 27 – October 6

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:27:12 +0000

On these moonless evenings, Cassiopeia shows some of its inner workings. The Circlet of Pisces offers a very red star next to a little-known cross. From Vega, Lyra points away from the head of Draco.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 20 – 29

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:48:00 +0000

In this dark-of-the-Moon week, the Cygnus Milky Way crosses the zenith, and Arcturus, Capella, and Fomalhaut come to a certain balance.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:05:00 +0000

The Moon occults Saturn before dawn on Tuesday morning, then the Moon skims the edge of Earth's shadow for a partial lunar eclipse that evening. Meanwhile, Jupiter and Mars shine in fine view late at night.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 6 – 15

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:56:00 +0000

The Moon starts the week low in twilight with Venus and Spica, then steps eastward past Antares and the Sagittarius Teapot. Meanwhile, the recurrent nova in Corona Borealis is still keeping us waiting.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 8

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:15:00 +0000

Low in twilight, climbing Venus and descending Spica prepare to pass each other. After dark Vega crosses the zenith, and Scorpius beds down. Mercury shines at dawn.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 23 – September 1

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:55:00 +0000

We're in peak Milky Way season, and the evenings have become dark and moonless. Andromegasus is up. So is Saturn. Before dawn, the late-risen Moon passes over Jupiter and Mars.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 16 – 25

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:12:00 +0000

Vega shines overhead as the zenith star at dusk. Jupiter and Mars are separating. When the Moon is just past full it poses next to Saturn — which, by no coincidence, is less than a month from opposition.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 9 – 18

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:02:00 +0000

The Perseid meteor shower peaks late Sunday night August 11th and maybe Monday night too. Jupiter and Mars have a close conjunction on the morning of the 14th, looking radically different in the same telescopic view.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 2 – 11

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:42:00 +0000

The Perseid meteors ramp up this week to their peak. Saturn is nicely up in the east by late evening. Jupiter and Mars near their conjunction in the morning sky. And there's a story behind Poniatowski's Bull.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 4

Alan MacRobert — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:40:00 +0000

Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and Regulus. Their arrangement changes all week.

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