The wonders of spring are here for all of us in Arizona to enjoy, as the night sky in April is rich with objects to view, including the Lyrid meteor shower and full Pink Moon.
With the first quarter of 2019 here and gone, now is a great time to plan for some amazing sights in our Arizona skies as we welcome in the month of April.
Our Arizona night sky offers up some amazing sights. The brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, is easily visible in our late March and early April skies.
With dark and clear skies later in the week, this is a great time to get out those binoculars and view some of the most amazing objects in our Arizona skies.
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover has lasted for some 15 years, providing us with some amazing images and date from the red planet. It went silent this month.
The weather in February is ideal to explore our Arizona skies. February provides an amazing conjunction with Venus and Saturn as we get into the month.
SpaceX had 21 successful rocket launches in 2018 and plans for an even more aggressive schedule in 2019, including multiple launches of the Falcon Heavy.
As we reach the end of 2018, we still have some remaining Leonid meteors streaking across our Arizona skies, as well as the upcoming Geminid shower, which should peak around mid-December.
The sun goes through a period of 11-year and 22-year cycles and during peak solar cycles we experience a large number of sunspots and related solar events. These sunspot events can wreak havoc on the upper atmosphere of the earth.
With the clear skies that accompany this time of year, get set to see one of the most spectacular objects in all the night sky. The great Orion Nebula is coming into view.
The Discovery Channel Telescope in Happy Jack, Arizona, is one of a large group of telescopes which are all part of the great Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.
Look to the northeastern sky during any clear October evening around 10 p.m. and you will be able to view one of the most amazing cluster of stars: Pleiades.
