Tag: stars
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The Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis: When Will it Blaze?
Today we are going to be taking a look at a few different things in the sky, including the Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis. While we’re at it, we’re going to be doing a little bit of complaining, or at least I’m going to be doing a little bit of complaining. I am going to…
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A Better View of the July Conjunctions
Today we are again going to look at the July sky, and we’re going to concentrate on the planets that are visible at sunset and sunrise. In order to give ourselves a better view, we’re going to move lower on the planet, closer to the equator. We won’t go too far to start with, just…
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Stargazing in July 2026: Conjunctions and Meteor Showers
Today we are going to be looking ahead into the month of July. For the beginning of July, things will still look quite similar to June. However, we are past the summer solstice, so the sky will start getting dark earlier. We still have Venus in the evening, but as we move later in the…
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Stargazing in June: The Summer Constellations
Today we are going to take another look at the night sky for the month of June this year, 2026. We’re going to concentrate on the constellations, the stars, but it is worth pointing out the planets at the beginning of the night. To the west will be Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. They are all…
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Zodiac and Retrograde Motion: Astronomy, not Astrology!
Today we’re going to very quickly go over the zodiacal constellations, the constellations that we see in the sky along the path of the ecliptic, which is where we see the planets, the Moon, and the Sun, roughly speaking at least. We’ll start by taking a look at the planets at sunset in June. We…
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A Cycle of Conjunctions: Jupiter and Saturn in 1226, 2020, 2040, 2060 & 2080!
Today we are going to take a look at a few conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn. You may remember from a reasonably recent piece, we took a look at a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 2080, so we’re going to very quickly review that conjunction first. Travelling from June 2026 to 2080 does let…
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A Sunrise Occultation: The Crescent Moon and the Pleiades
Today we are yet again looking forward into the coming month of June. Of course, we are very close to June now, so we’re not looking too far into the future, just forward to the 13th of June. Just like the piece before last, we are looking forward to see an event but that has…
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Stargazing in June: Planets at Sunset and Sunrise, The Milky Way, and the Moon
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for June. Last time we looked ahead to the month of June to take a look at Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction at sunset. Mercury was also up when Venus and Jupiter were up. Even in early June, we have to…
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Moonless May Night and Uranus Behind the Sun
Today we are going to be looking at the sky for mid and late May. Looking at the daytime sky on the 12th, the Moon is up and already getting close to new, we will have our New Moon on the 16th. With the Moon out of the sky for most of the night, viewing…
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How Dark (or not) my Sky is Really
Today, we are going to talk about light pollution and dark skies, our view of the sky and my view of the sky in particular. We’re going to start with a little bit of a correction. I generally discuss the night sky as if it was around Bortle Class 5, that’s the level of light…
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