EarthSky News - Nov 27 - Watch for Mars and Spica

November 27 Watch for Mars and Spica by:

Before dawn around now … Watch for Mars and Spica Bright Jupiter is the 1st object you'll notice. Venus can only be seen very shortly before sunup. Mars and Spica are fainter, but close! Say farewell to Venus Did you see the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter before sunup around November 13? Since then, Jupiter has been climbing away from the sunrise, while Venus has been falling toward it. Astro festivals, star parties, workshops     The wintertime star parties are mostly at southerly latitudes. Time to plan a winter vacation!

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Watch for Mars and Spica Mars is so faint that it'll probably disappear from view by the time Venus rises into your sky.

Say farewell to Venus Gianni Krattli Fine Art Photography calls this photo Venus on Fire. He it caught it on November 23. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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EarthSky News - Nov 26 - Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter

November 26 Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter by:

Our nights are brighter, and brighter The International Dark-Sky Association has campaigned for decades to reduce artificial light at night. Yet a new study shows our night skies still brightening at a rate of 2 percent each year. Do you know Messier 33? Say hello to the much-photographed Triangulum galaxy - aka Messier 33 - a face-on pinwheel of swarming suns and the second-nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Star of the week: Hamal Hamal is the brightest star in Aries the Ram. How to find it in your sky. Tonight and tomorrow … Moon sweeps past Neptune You won't see Neptune in the moon's glare tonight, even with optical aid and a sky chart. Still, tonight’s moon can point the way for later this month.

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Moon sweeps past Neptune The star Lambda Aquarii is your guide star to Neptune, once the moon has gone. Neptune demands high-quality binoculars or a telescope, patience and a detailed star chart.

Birdseye view of iceberg A-68A Giant iceberg A-68A calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. This photo, taken from a NASA aircraft on November 11, shows part of the iceberg’s edge and open water. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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