SUNSET: 
Trusty Comet Garradd
Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd is shining at 7th or maybe even 6th magnitude as it traverses southeastern Hercules.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for September 2011
This is a month of transition: Summer is making way for autumn, Saturn sets just before Jupiter rises, and Venus is moving from the morning sky before dawn to the evening sky.
Tour September's Sky! | August 31st, 2011
This is a month of transition: Northern summer becomes autumn, Saturn sets just before Jupiter rises, and Venus is moving from the morning sky before dawn to the evening sky.
Sky at a Glance | August 26th, 2011
Jupiter rises earlier and higher week by week. The crescent Moon returns low in twilight and occults a 2nd-magnitude star. And there's the new supernova in M101....
Sky at a Glance | August 19th, 2011
This week's moonless evenings offer deep-sky opportunities. Vesta is coming into earlier view. Jupiter still blazes high in the wee hours, but a half hour earlier each week.
Sky at a Glance | August 12th, 2011
Jupiter blazes high in the wee hours. Vesta is coming into earlier evening view. And watch Saturn an Spica sink from sight after sunset.
Beyond the Familiar Veil
We have received many compliments on Alan Whitman's article "Beyond the Familiar Veil" in the September 2011 issue of Sky & Telescope. However, we made an error by using red to mark the areas of the Veil that Whitman observed, making the article unusable by red flashlight at night. Here's a black-and-white replacement.
Sky at a Glance | August 5th, 2011
The Moon lines up with Saturn and Spica at dusk, then waxes across the evening sky for the rest of the week. Jupiter blazes high in the wee hours. And the bright asteroid Vesta — accompanied by NASA's DAWN spacecraft! — awaits viewing just past opposition.
Amateur Search for White-Dwarf Planets
Arizona amateur Bruce Gary is assembling a pro-am team to look for planets orbiting dead stars.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for August 2011
This is your last chance to spot Saturn before it sinks into the evening twilight. But there are many other celestial attractions to look for on August evenings.
Tour August's Sky! | July 29th, 2011
This is your last chance to spot Saturn before it sinks into the evening twilight. But there are many other celestial attractions to look for on August evenings.
Sky at a Glance | July 29th, 2011
Saturn and Spica sink to the sunset. Jupiter blazes high before dawn. And the bright asteroid Vesta — accompanied by NASA's DAWN spacecraft! — comes to opposition.
Sky at a Glance | July 22nd, 2011
Saturn is sinking at dusk, Jupiter is climbing ever higher in the early morning, and the bright asteroid Vesta — accompanied by NASA's DAWN spacecraft! — is nearing opposition.
Sky at a Glance | July 15th, 2011
Saturn is lowering in the southwest these evenings, while Jupiter is climbing ever higher before dawn. And Vesta in the middle of the night has reached 6th magnitude.
Neptune in Motion
Sky and Telescope's editor Sean Walker puts together NASA's anniversary images of Neptune to create a movie that shows a day on the blue planet.
Sky at a Glance | July 8th, 2011
Mercury hangs low in twilight, the waxing Moon crosses the evening sky, and Saturn and Porrima keep pulling apart.
Sky at a Glance | July 1st, 2011
Mercury is back at dusk, and so is the crescent Moon. Saturn and Porrima are pulling apart. And bright Jupiter climbs higher in the dawn.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for July 2011
Look low in the west at sunset to spy fleet Mercury, toward southwest for Saturn, and in the south for red-hued Antares, the "rival of Mars."
Tour July's Sky! | June 30th, 2011
Look low in the west at sunset to spy fleet Mercury, toward southwest for Saturn, and in the south for red-hued Antares, the "rival of Mars."
