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2021: The Giants at Opposition!

An “opposition” happens on the day that Earth and an outer planet line up on the same side of the

The Jupiter and Saturn “Great Conjunction” was well-publicized and well-imaged. Even though the closest approach between the planets was Monday,

Great Conjunction: Countdown to December 21st! On December 16th, Jupiter and Saturn will be a full-Moon’s width apart at dusk

Is it just us or did it seem that 2020 was a longer than usual year? Yet while both the

Andrew Thomas has been posting beautiful wide-field sky images on his Flickr feed. He’s imaging with one of our smaller

On June 10th, Jupiter was closest to the Earth and rose at sunset — placing it in the sky all

Sky watchers are in for a double-treat with lunar and planetary events on the schedule in the next few days.

We can fix any current production eyepiece and many oldies as well. How many eyepiece manufactures can say that?

Jupiter will rise at sunset on May 9th. At magnitude -2.5 it will be an unmistakable sight: the brightest celestial

Early risers will note that Jupiter & Venus have been approaching each other in the deep-morning twilight of the eastern