In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening of January 6 and find ...
August 2025 offers several planetary conjunctions, including a close approach of Venus and Jupiter on August 12th, and a second conjunction of Saturn and Neptune on August 6th, with a third occurring ...
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January 2026: What's in the sky this month? Jupiter reaches opposition, Mercury briefly appears
Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars.
The initial magnitude scale was established by Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 135 B.C.E., categorizing approximately 850 stars into six ranges from 1st (brightest) to 6th (faintest) magnitude.
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