Tonight: Moon-Pleiades-Mercury Conjunction

This evening is your best chance to see the innermost planet Mercury. Since Mercury is located ~2/3rds of the way … More

Apr 21/22 Meteors – The Peak of the Lyrids and a Cloud Occultation

Yesterday morning the sky showed a double feature, the Lyrid meteor shower and a lunar occultation of Venus. I was … More

Reason #1 … On the morning of April 22, the Moon will occult (or pass in front) of Venus for … More

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of April 2009. … More

Venus is getting harder and harder to see as it approaches inferior conjunction with the Sun. Due to breezy conditions … More

We are now within a week of Venus‘ inferior conjunction. From my backyard there is no way to observe Venus … More

The evening sky is graced by two planets, brilliant Venus low in the western sky and Saturn in the eastern … More

Venus continues to drop closer to the horizon every evening. After reaching its furthest angular distance from the Sun (known … More

Based on a number of comments to this blog, many people have noticed Venus. Shining high in the evening sky … More

Yet another night of thick clouds here in Arizona. I wouldn’t mind if it would actually rain. Not only are … More