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Now nearing a close conjunction, Saturn and Neptune sit just to the right of the crescent Moon in the morning sky.
Visible in the early-morning sky today, Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus reaches superior conjunction just 1.4′ due south of Saturn. The proximity makes the now-11th-magnitude moon easier to find, as ...
Join Mark for this week's Sky Watch as he takes you on a fascinating lunar journey from the invisible new moon (June 27-28) perfect for deep-sky observing of the Hercules Cluster (M13) and Ring Nebula ...
Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is ...
Meanwhile, Venus and Saturn — both beaming in the morning sky — welcome Jupiter into the fold. The gas giant makes its first appearance at mid-month in Gemini, low in the northeast about an hour ...
The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...
July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...
That's because on June 22, a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star ...
Mars, Jupiter and Mercury will all appear low in the west after sunset. Look for bright Venus low in the eastern sky for about two hours before the sun rises all month long. The crescent moon and ...
Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...
It’s another big week in the sky — astrologically and astronomically. Mars, our sacred masculine planet, enters Virgo, the ...
In 1984, a then-local resident wrote and recorded what became Indian River County's short-lived official song. Should the ...