July 17, 2025: With the moon rising after midnight, look for the Milky Way, the rim of our galaxy.
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2024, June 28: Look for the Summer Milky Way
June 28, 2024: The Summer Milky Way is visible in the southern sky after twilight ends. Before sunrise, find Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and the moon.
2024, June 25: Summer Evenings – Look for Cygnus
June 25, 2024: Cygnus is high in the eastern sky as twilight ends. Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and the moon are visible during morning twilight.
2024, March 31: Mercury is Departing Evening Sky
March 31, 2024: Mercury is departing the evening sky. Find it through a binocular after nightfall.
2023, May 13: Morning Saturn-Moon Conjunction, Mars Nears Castor-Pollux Alignment
May 13, 2023: The moon appears with Saturn in the southeast before sunrise. Evening planet Mars marches toward an alignment with Castor and Pollux, the Gemini Twins.
2023, March 19: Morning Milky Way Season, Evening Planets
March 19, 2023: Before sunrise, the Milky Way arches across the sky from the southern hemisphere. Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are visible after sunset.
2022, August 20: Mars-Pleiades Conjunction, Last Call Morning Planet Parade
August 20, 2022: Today is the Mars-Pleiades conjunction. This is the last morning to see the four planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – parade together across the sky. Saturn is disappearing in the west-southwest as Venus appears in the east-northeast.
2022, August 18: Morning Moon Approaches Mars, Summer Milky Way
August 18, 2022: The moon approaches Mars and the Pleiades before their rare grouping tomorrow morning. The Milky Way is visible on moonless August evenings.
2022, August 17: Morning Moon, Planets, Evening Milky Way
August 17, 2022: This morning the moon appears along the string of four morning planets that stretch from horizon to horizon. Without a bright moon, look for the Milky Way after the end of evening twilight.
Sky Watching — August 2011
A Perseid Meteor Image Credit The player above is for the Abrams Planetarium Podcast for August 2011 August is Perseid Meteor Shower time. Each year during the summer months (mid-July through late August), the earth crosses the track of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The path is full of dusty debris that has been scattered along the comet's orbit. These … Continue reading Sky Watching — August 2011