Amateur astronomers hold differing views on the significance of observing awards, with some actively pursuing them while others show little interest. The Herschel 400 observing program is frequently ...

Venus, currently traversing Leo, rises around 4:00 A.M. local daylight time (LDT) at 40° N 90° W, preceding sunrise at 6:36 A.M. LDT. By 5:30 A.M. LDT, Venus reaches 15° altitude in the east, with ...

A 250-day experiment using a ring laser achieved unprecedented accuracy in measuring Earth's axial wobble (nutation and precession), surpassing previous gyroscope and ring laser technologies by a ...

Fomalhaut (Alpha Piscis Austrini), a magnitude 1.2 star, is visible in the southern sky after 8:30 PM local daylight time, reaching its highest point around midnight. Located 25 light-years from Earth ...

E.E. Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon, Amalthea, on September 9, 1892, using the 36-inch refractor at Lick Observatory. This discovery marked the first detection of a Jovian moon in 280 years, ...

Astronomy magazine's Editor Emeritus, Dave Eicher, encourages early morning sky observation during the second week of September. The observation focuses on the Moon's passage near the Pleiades star ...