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Meteor Showers in 2008
With minimal moonlight to interfere, the best meteor showers of 2008 should be the Quadrantids, the Aquarids, and the Perseids.
Sky Highlights of 2008
Eclipses, occultations, conjunctions, and meteor showers — there's no shortage of celestial action in 2008.
The Other Bright Comet of 2007-08
Comet 8P/Tuttle is now near its peak. Although nowhere near Comet Holmes in total brightness, its light is concentrated in a much smaller area, making it considerably more prominent when viewed from typical suburban locations.
The Geminids Are Coming
The best time to view the 2007 Geminid meteor shower from North America is the night of December 13–14, with good prospects the following night as well. In Asia, December 14–15 should be better, and in Europe, it’s a tossup between the two.
Observe Mars Tonight!
Mars now appears bigger through a telescope than it will again until 2016.
December's Audio Guide to the Heavens
You'll have an easy time spotting Orion leaping up into the sky — with dazzling Mars at his side — if you download this podcast to your MP3 player and head outdoors after dark.
Saturn in the Morning
The ringed planet is at its highest in the sky shortly before dawn in December. And the early-morning sky is full of other marvels, too.
A Revival of Comet Holmes
It's still there! With the Moon now gone from the early-eyening sky, Comet Holmes is the easiest-to-spot "deep sky object" after the Pleiades.
Mars Is Here!
The Red Planet is now nearly as bright — and appears nearly as big through a telescope — as it will any time this year.
Call for Images of Venus
Venus Express project scientists are inviting amateur and professional astronomers to contribute Earth-based images of the planet made at infrared, visible, and ultraviolet wavelengths.
Nova in Puppis
On Nov. 14, 2007, a star in the constellation Puppis suddenly became visible in binoculars.
Leonids 2007
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on the morning of Sunday, November 18th.
Comet Holmes Starting to Fade
Moonlight aside, conditions remain good for seeing Comet Holmes. But the fuzzy new “star” in Perseus been enlarging and losing surface brightness, and this week it's so close to the star Alpha Persei (Mirfak) that the star interferes with its visibility. Use binoculars.
November's Audio Guide to the Heavens
Finding Comet Holmes — and other great sky sights — is a snap if you download this podcast to your MP3 player and head outdoors after dark.
Comet Holmes: A Halloween Treat!
Greet your trick-or-treaters with two Halloween treats: a bit of candy and a view of Comet Holmes.
Comet Holmes Beckons Skygazers Worldwide
As of January 4th the comet, ever-enlarging and thinning, is still in naked-eye view — but only if you have a fairly dark-sky site. Use binoculars to follow its next moves.
See the International Space Station Tonight!
The world's largest orbiting satellite is a snap to spot if you know where and when to look for it.
Uranian Moons Transit Tonight
This evening, if you've got a good planetary imaging setup, see if you can rcord the shadows of Titania and Ariel as they drift across the cloud tops of Uranus.
Listen to October's Podcast
Fact: the "Summer Triangle" is easiest to see at this time of year. Learn all about it — and lots more — in our easy-on-the-ears guided tour of the October evening sky.
Let's Count Stars!
Researchers want you to help them examine the pervasiveness of light pollution during October.
