The Dippers in Prime Time
The best time of year to view the Big and Little Dippers in the evening sky is late Spring. This is the time of year that they are both at their highest in the sky. To find the Big Dipper, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Sky Events
Jupiter returns to the evening sky
If you look to the east after dark this Spring you’ll see two bright stars rising one above the other. This is a sparsely populated area of the sky when it comes to bright stars, so they’ll be easy to … Continue reading →
Venus / Mercury Meet
After spending the last nine months in the evening sky Venus is quickly diving toward the horizon and will be lost in the glare of the setting sun by the third week of March. Meanwhile, Mercury is moving up away … Continue reading →
Venus & Mars in January
What is the bright star in west? If you have gone outside and looked to the southwest as the sky begins to grow dark you’ve seen a bright ‘star’ and may have wondered what it was. It is not actually … Continue reading →
A Christmas Star
If you look to the southwest as the sky begins to grow dark this Christmas season you’ll see a bright ‘star’ in the sky. The ‘star’ is the planet Venus. Venus is the brightest star-like object in our sky and … Continue reading →
Trick or Treat Lunar Forecast
This year’s trick-or-treat forecast. The Moon will be just one day past new, so it will set as a thin crescent approx. 7pm local time. Thus there will be no moonlight to help you find your way that night. However, … Continue reading →
Mars & Saturn
In late September, early October Mars and Saturn will be well placed in the evening sky for viewing. Look for the two planets in the WSW after dark. Mars will appear as a semi-bright orangish star low in the southern … Continue reading →
Moon moves past Mars
Sept. 8 -10 the Moon will move past Mars, Saturn and the Galactic Core. Look to the SW after dark and use the Moon to help you find the other interesting objects in this area of the sky. … Continue reading →
Arkansas Perseids 2016
The best meteor shower of the year is upon us, the annual Perseid Meteor shower. The Perseid’s meteors are bits of dust and material from Comet Swift-Tuttle. As the comet orbits the Sun every 133 years, it releases trillions … Continue reading →
Summer Meteor Forecast
The middle of summer is one of the best times of the year for meteor observing. Warm temperatures and the peak of the Perseids, one of the best meteor showers of the year, and numerous minor meteor showers combine to … Continue reading →