I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

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A star with a declination ... arc that the sun takes across the sky, thereby accounting for the length of daylight. Want to see the moon up close in the night sky? The Celestron NexStar 4SE ...

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A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

The Full Moon itself lies opposite the Sun in the sky, and is visible all night, throwing its bright light across the sky. During this phase, many fainter stars become invisible, with only the ...

"In one of the scenes Martin is waking up in one of our beds! His bedroom is one of our rooms, basically it was quite a ...

You can also rotate the Digital Crown to animate the stars and ... the phases of the moon and the positions of the planets in the solar system, or cycle through day and night views of Earth.

The BBC ’s sky at night said that on 9 February, Mars will be very close to the Moon. And on 24 February, Mars will appear to reverse direction, reverting from a westward to an eastward movement.