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 ...

Three comets (C/1618 Q1, C/1618 V1, and C/1618 W1) were observed in 1618, all visible to the naked eye. C/1618 Q1, first observed in August over Hungary, marks the first known telescopic observation ...

Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces evidence of material being consumed by the black hole at the center of our ...

Planetariums around the world are invited to participate in this year’s edition of the IAU’s annual outreach event.

September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

Ice giant Uranus is in Taurus, floating near the Pleiades star cluster and easy to locate in the early-morning sky.

The planetary nebula NGC 6781, located in the constellation Aquila, is observable despite the constellation's relatively low density of prominent celestial objects. NGC 6781 is characterized as a near ...