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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | January 25th, 2013

The Moon descends past Leo as it wanes from full. And when Sirius culminates in the south, can you see Canopus below it?

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | January 18th, 2013

The brightening Moon passes close by Jupiter as it moves eastward toward fullness. And when Sirius culminates in late evening now, can you see Canopus below it?

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | January 11th, 2013

The waxing crescent Moon walks up the western side of the sky, the Little Dipper hangs straight down on the northern side of the sky, and Capella and Rigel culminate together.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | January 4th, 2013

Vega descends, the Northern Cross turns upright, and the waning crescent Moon marks the way to planets before dawn.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | December 21st, 2012

The bright Moon pairs up in an unusually close conjunction with Jupiter on Christmas night, with Aldebaran, the Hyades, and Pleiades looking on.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | December 14th, 2012

Jupiter blazes, Ceres is at opposition with Vesta nearby, and Sirius is in its color-flashing mode after dinnertime.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | December 7th, 2012

Lots happening this week! The Geminid meteor shower, a flyby of Toutatis, Vesta at opposition with Ceres nearby, and more.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | November 30th, 2012

The Moon is waning out of the evening sky. Jupiter is passing 5° north of Aldebaran. Low in the dawn, Mercury has emerged to align with Venus and Saturn in a diagonal row.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | November 23rd, 2012

The Moon joins up with Jupiter and Aldebaran, and undergoes a penumbral eclipse for the West Coast and then lands across the Pacific. In the dawn, Saturn skims past Venus.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | November 16th, 2012

Jupiter rises in twilight, the Moon waxes across the evening sky, and Saturn approaches Venus in the dawn.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | November 9th, 2012

Jupiter rises before dark, Fomalhaut culminates early, Orion rises a bit later, and the crescent Moon moves from dawn back to dusk.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | November 2nd, 2012

Jupiter, flanked by Aldebaran and Beta Tauri, shines big and bright just a month from opposition.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | October 26th, 2012

The Moon shines with forthcoming winter sights low in the east, while summer stars still descend in the west — including Arcturus, now taking on its guise as the Ghost of Summer Suns.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | October 19th, 2012

The crescent Moon points to the pairup of Mars and Antares, then the gibbous Moon glides below the Square of Pegasus, and Arcturus becomes the Ghost of Summer Suns.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | October 12th, 2012

Jupiter has been climbing into good view a half hour earlier every week, accompanied by a grand retinue of celestial objects seen and unseen. On the other side of the sky, Mars is finally passing rival Antares in twilight.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | October 5th, 2012

Algol eclipses itself. Telescopic action happens at Jupiter. And after pairing up with Jupiter, the waning Moon passes Regulus and Venus late in the week at dawn.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | September 28th, 2012

The Harvest Moon wanes from full almost down to last quarter this week, stepping past the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and Jupiter along the way.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | September 21st, 2012

Waxing from first quarter to full this week, the Moon steps across the evening constellations from south to east. To observe Jupiter, you no longer have to set an alarm clock. And don't miss the weekend conjunction of Uranus and a similar star.

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This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | September 14th, 2012

The waxing crescent Moon steps up past Saturn, Mars, and Antares day by day this week. Jupiter is well up in the east by midnight. And Deneb replaces Vega at a special spot.

This Week's Sky At a Glance

Sky at a Glance | September 7th, 2012

Jupiter and Aldebaran embrace the rising last-quarter Moon, then it's Venus's turn with a one-on-one Moon pairing. Meanwhile, the stars of the evening are unmistakably turning toward fall.