Saturn and Venus

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

Venus Closes in on Conjunction

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

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

I hope everyone was able to see the spectacular conjunction between Venus and the Moon. Even to this sometimes jaded … More

Based on the number of comments I’ve been receiving, many people have been enjoying (or at least startled) by the … More

[Editor’s note: I notice that lots of people are still finding this now a few years old post. If you … More

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful Venus-Jupiter-Moon conjunction last evening. There was some cirrus here in Tucson … More

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of December 2008. … More