Dr. Sky

During the period from Oct. 17 to the end of the month, we in Arizona will be able to experience the beauty of the annual Orionid meteor shower.

Discovery of the seventh planet from the sun, aka Uranus, improved the boundaries of our known solar system by literally billions of miles.

It's a good time here on Earth and in Arizona to view one of the most amazing galactic objects known to mankind - the great Andromeda Galaxy.

As October moves forward, we get to see two interesting meteor showers with some moonlight.

With the summer monsoon season on the way out, we come to one of the best months of the entire year for observation of the night sky - October.

A new and strange atmospheric phenomenon is being seen in the skies around the world. Known by the acronym STEVE, it's 280 miles above Earth.

The red god of war, Mars, will be closing in on the Earth in the next few weeks.

Neptune and Uranus are amazing worlds of ice and gas. One has 14 moons, the other 27! September is the best time to get a sighting.

With September right around the corner, get set for some interesting sights in our Arizona skies!

We in Arizona have an amazing opportunity to view the central region of the Milky Way during the next week.