Astronomy what can i see tonight

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By: Alan MacRobert October 15, The crescent Moon returns to the evening sky, passing Venus, then the Saturn and Jupiter pair. Venus itself passes Delta Sco and then Antares. Auroras may shimmer, the Draconids may sputter; the sky never ceases to call. By: Alan MacRobert October 8, Venus shines in twilight; watch Antares and the head of Scorpius slide toward it. Check out Jupiter, and hop from Saturn to two binocular double stars.

The evenings are dark for deep-sky observing; the waning Moon crosses Leo before dawn. By: Alan MacRobert October 1, Jupiter and Saturn shine in the south-southeast at dusk, Venus low in the southwest. They're all close to the ecliptic, so a straight line from Jupiter through Saturn points almost exactly to Venus.

Don't believe it? Stretch a string tightly between your hands wide apart, hold it up to the three planets, and see for yourself! By: Alan MacRobert September 24, The waxing gibbous Moon shines with Jupiter and Saturn on its way to full.

And as summer turns to fall, Deneb replaces Vega as the zenith star after dusk. By: Alan MacRobert September 17, The evening Moon steps eastward over Scorpius as it waxes through first quarter. All four giant planets await your telescope in early to late evening. By: Alan MacRobert September 10, Spica glimmers demurely under showy Venus in the western twilight. Try for Mercury way down to their lower right.

Jupiter and Saturn dominate the evening south. By: Alan MacRobert September 3, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are all getting a little higher in early evening. Vega passes the zenith soon after dark; Deneb does so two hours later.

Andromeda is up in the east. Uranus is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night. You may need binoculars. Very faint, use binoculars. See how far the planets are from the Sun or Earth, how bright they look, and their apparent size in the sky. Dates and tips on how and where to see "shooting stars" from meteor showers all over the world. A conjunction is when planets like Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, or other bodies like stars or the Moon, meet in the sky.

Why and when do conjunctions happen? Sign in. Polar day. Loading stars Mercury rise and set in New York Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.