2024, October 1: Look for Planets Uranus and Neptune

October 1, 2024: Planets Uranus and Neptune are visible through a binocular during the night.  Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are easily visible.

2024, September 27:  Morning Moon-Beehive Conjunction

September 27, 2024: This morning the moon appears with the Beehive star cluster in the eastern sky before daybreak, a Moon-Beehive conjunction.  Four planets – Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are visible during the night.

2024, September 22: Autumnal Equinox, Moon Occults Pleiades

September 22, 2024: Today, the autumnal equinox occurs signaling the begin of autumn in the northern hemisphere.  Across North America, the moon occults or eclipses stars in the Pleiades star cluster.