Advertisements Just a few hours after the autumnal equinox, the waxing crescent moon shines from the southwest during evening twilight. Just past 2.5 days
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2017, September 20: Venus and Regulus
Advertisements Brilliant morning star Venus passes about one-half degree (the apparent diameter of the moon) from Regulus this morning. The reflected sunlight from Venus
Read more2017, September 18: Venus, Moon, Mercury and Mars
Advertisements Brilliant morning star Venus is joined by the 28-day-old moon this morning. The star Regulus appears about 1.5 degrees below the bright planet. Elusive
Read more2017, September 17: Venus and Moon
Advertisements Brilliant morning star Venus shines in the eastern sky with the crescent moon this morning, The nearly 27 day-old moon is about 6.5 degrees
Read more2017, September 15: Venus and Sirius
Advertisements Venus and Sirius shine from the eastern sky this morning. Venus is the brightest planet and Sirius is the brightest star in the night
Read more2017, September 15: Venus, Mercury, and Mars
Advertisements Venus, Mercury and Mars appear in the predawn skies this morning. Brilliant Venus continues to dominate eastern sky before sunrise. The star Regulus appears
Read more2017: Morning Conjunctions
Advertisements For more information about sky watching events: 2017, October 5: Venus-Mars Conjunction 2017, November 13: Venus-Jupiter Epoch Conjunction 2017 Evening Planets 2017 Morning Planets
Read more2017, September 11: Venus and Mercury
Advertisements Brilliant Venus continues to dominate the predawn eastern skies during late summer. Elusive Mercury appears low in the sky as dawn approaches. For the
Read more2017: Solar Eclipse Montage
Advertisements My solar eclipse montage as photographed from Casper, Wyoming, August 21, 2017. This is the small crowd of observers at South Mike Sedar Park
Read more2017, September 3: Venus and Sirius
Advertisements Brilliant Venus shines brightly from the eastern sky this morning. For the next several days, Venus and Sirius appear in the sky together. Sirius
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