CONJUNCTION MONTH! If there’s nothing else you do this month, mark your calendar, get your warm clothes set aside, and get ready for a very, very rare conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn on the 21st.
he Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the December 2020 Night Sky and place a focus on sky events to help newcomers find Geminid and Ursid Meteor Showers, Lunar Libration Craters, Comets plus a detailed guide on how to watch The Great Conjunction Unfold!
All five naked-eye planets are easily visible at different parts of the night, the Leonids will grace the mid-month skies, and the Moon makes its monthly visits in line with the planets.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the November Night Sky. In this episode we focus on sky events to help newcomers learn the night sky as we discuss Meteor Showers, Comets to locate and how to use the Moon to find Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Venus and Mercury!
This week space news @WSHCrew will discuss about water on the Moon. And again StarLink update! Also hollowed-out shells in the galaxy,
sprites on Jupiter and discussion with Dr. Nathalie Cabrol from SETI Institute
School is starting, the nights are getting longer, and two gas giants are dominating the night skies while two terrestrial planets make morning appearances.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the September Sky places a focus on sky events to help newcomers identify the planets and detailed observations of the changing surface of Mars and the Cloud tops of Venus, Saturn and Jupiter.
This week we’re going to just talk about Jupiter, and then next week, we’re going to cover its moons.
The rest of summer is PERFECT for the amateur and beginner observer! Saturn and Jupiter are visible all night, Venus is easy to spot in the morning, Mars and Mercury offer a challenge for the early risers and the annual Perseid meteor shower is coming up August 12th.
Join us today while we take a look at the new origin story for an oddball family of meteorites. Yes, like a comic book hero, the parent (body) is no more.