The Sky This Week | Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/ Astronomy news, photos, observing events, and space missions. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:06:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.astronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg The Sky This Week | Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/ 32 32 The Sky This Week from October 31 to November 7: Catch celestial ghosts https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-october-31-to-november-7-2025/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=167119// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 31This Halloween, peer into the Ghost’s Goblet, a young grouping of stars in Cassiopeia the Queen. Formally cataloged as NGC 559 and Caldwell 8, you’ll find this open cluster high in the northeast a few hours after sunset. Look for the WContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 31 to November 7: Catch celestial ghosts"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 24 to 31: Iapetus stands near Saturn https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-october-24-to-31-2025/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166960// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 24The Moon passes 0.5° south of Antares at 9 P.M. EDT. However, the pair sets an hour and a half earlier; try catching them about 40 minutes after sunset, when they are low in the southwest.  Already high in the sky afterContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 24 to 31: Iapetus stands near Saturn"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 17 to 24: The Orionids peak https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-october-17-to-24-2025/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166897// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 17The Summer Triangle is now sinking in the west late in the evening as the winter constellations prepare to take over the sky. Look west around 10 P.M. local daylight time and you can still see the three bright stars of theContinue reading "The Sky This Week from October 17 to 24: The Orionids peak"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 10 to 17: The Moon meets Jupiter https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-october-10-to-17-2025/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166750// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 10The Moon passes 5° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EDT. The pair is visible in the southwest in the hours leading up to sunrise, although you’ll need binoculars to view the distant ice giant, as it glows a faint magnitude 5.6.Continue reading "The Sky This Week from October 10 to 17: The Moon meets Jupiter"

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]]> The Sky This Week from October 3 to 10: Titan’s last shadow transit https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-october-3-to-10-2025/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166624// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 3There’s a new potential supernova candidate in a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major, visible overnight for U.S. observers. If you’ve got an imaging scope or an astrophotography setup on a larger optical instrument, you may want to give it a try.Continue reading "The Sky This Week from October 3 to 10: Titan’s last shadow transit"

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]]> The Sky This Week from September 26 to October 3: Catch the soft glow of the zodiacal light https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-september-26-to-october-3-2025/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166437// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 26The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 5:46 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will stand 251,996 miles (405,548 km) away. With the Moon sinking low in the hours before dawn, mornings late this monthContinue reading "The Sky This Week from September 26 to October 3: Catch the soft glow of the zodiacal light"

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]]> The Sky This Week from September 19 to 26: Saturn and Neptune reach opposition https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-september-19-to-26-2025/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166327// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 19The Moon passes 0.8° north of Venus and 1.3° north of the magnitude 1.4 star Regulus at 8 A.M. EDT, while Venus passes 0.5° north of Regulus at 9 A.M. EDT. You can catch the trio together in the eastern sky aboutContinue reading "The Sky This Week from September 19 to 26: Saturn and Neptune reach opposition"

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]]> The Sky This Week from September 12 to 19: Catch Comet Wierzchoś in Corona Borealis https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-september-12-to-19-2025/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166207// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 12Mars passes 2° north of 1st-magnitude Spica in Virgo at 4 A.M. EDT, though neither has risen at this time (they rise in daylight, after sunrise). By evening, the pair is sinking in the west, but quick observers can catch them. AboutContinue reading "The Sky This Week from September 12 to 19: Catch Comet Wierzchoś in Corona Borealis"

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]]> The Sky This Week from September 5 to 12: A Full Moon and a lunar eclipse https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-september-5-to-12-2025/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=166116// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 5Look north late this evening to spot the constellation Camelopardalis slowly rising away from the horizon. Located just beneath W-shaped Cassiopeia around 11 P.M. local daylight time, Camelopardalis is home to a famous asterism called Kemble’s Cascade, a line of several starsContinue reading "The Sky This Week from September 5 to 12: A Full Moon and a lunar eclipse"

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]]> The Sky This Week from August 29 to September 5: Saturn’s time to shine https://www.astronomy.com/the-sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week-from-august-29-to-september-5-2025/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=165816// Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, August 29The waxing Moon lies in southern Libra tonight. Our satellite is quickly approaching Scorpius, where it will meet the Scorpion’s brightest star in just a few days.  High in the southeast in the few hours after sunset is the small constellation SagittaContinue reading "The Sky This Week from August 29 to September 5: Saturn’s time to shine"

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