NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a massive barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Pavo. The galaxy has a distinct shape of the integral sign. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 12.7 and is approximately 220 million light years distant from Earth. The galaxy is currently in the process … [Read more…]
Here are some of the highlights of the sky in May: 9 PM – Jupiter rises in the western sky 9 PM – Mercury, Jupiter and Venus in the western sky toward the end of the month 9:30 PM – Saturn rising in the southeastern sky just after sunset and moving to the west before … [Read more…]
Here are the highlights of the night sky in April: 9 PM, western sky – Jupiter rising over the western horizon 10 PM, eastern sky – Saturn rises in the eastern sky and stays visible in the south-east throughout the night 10 PM, northern sky – Ursa Major constellation and the Big Dipper asterism are … [Read more…]
The highlights of the night sky in March include: 9 PM, western sky – Jupiter high above the horizon after sunset 9 PM, southern sky – Gemini constellation high overhead with the bright stars Castor and Pollux, and the open cluster Messier 35 9 PM, southern sky – Cancer constellation with the famous open cluster … [Read more…]
The highlights of the night sky in February, from the Hubble Site Channel: 7 PM – Jupiter rising in the southern sky 9 PM – Orion constellation dominating the winter southern sky in the evening; notable for the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel, the three bright stars that form Orion’s Belt – Alnilam, Alnitak and … [Read more…]
Here are the highlights of the sky in January: 7 PM – Jupiter rises high in the southeastern sky after sunset 10 PM – the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer (or Goat Herder), which is home to Capella, the sixth brightest star in the sky, rises overhead in the northwestern sky 10 PM – Taurus constellation … [Read more…]
The Hubblesite Channel has posted the guide to the highlights of the December sky. Here are some of the things to look out for: PLANETS: around 6 PM, Mars appears low on the horizon in the western sky at 7 PM, Jupiter appears above the horizon in the east around 6:30 am, before sunrise, Venus … [Read more…]
The things to watch in November: Jupiter in the eastern sky after sunset Mars rising in the eastern sky around 3 am, near the star Regulus in Leo constellation Saturn in the east just before dawn, around 6 am, near the bright star Spica in Virgo constellation Pisces constellation in the southern sky in the … [Read more…]
Hubblesite.org has released a video with the highlights of the night sky in October. They include: Jupiter prominently rising in the east at 9 pm the Pegasus constellation directly overhead Andromeda constellation and its two famous Messier objects, M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) and M32 Mars rising in the eastern sky before the dawn the Orionid meteor … [Read more…]
NGC 1569 is a dwarf irregular galaxy found in the Camelopardalis constellation. It is one of the best known starburst galaxies in the sky. It was first discovered by William Herschel on November 4, 1788. NGC 1569 has an apparent visual magnitude of 11.9 lies at a distance of 11 million light years. The galaxy’s … [Read more…]