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Moon Covers the Pleiades on October 27, 2026: How to Watch
On the evening of Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the Moon passes in front of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters star cluster, and from much of North America you…
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18 posts in Sky Guides · Practical guides to the night sky: finding your way around the stars, what equipment helps, how to photograph the Moon and meteors, and what the sky is doing this month.
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Why Do We Always See the Same Side of the Moon?
Look at the Moon tonight, then look again next month, next year or in fifty years: the same dark patches, the same bright rays, the same face. The…
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Why Does the Moon Look Bigger on the Horizon?
Everyone has seen it. A full Moon climbing over the rooftops looks enormous, far bigger than the same Moon high in the sky a few hours later. Then…
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How to Find the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters Star Cluster
The Pleiades are back in the evening sky. The little cluster known as the Seven Sisters rises in the east-north-east before 9 PM in mid-October and a few…
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What Is Earthshine? The Glow on the Crescent Moon
Look at a thin crescent Moon this week and you may notice something odd: you can see the rest of the disc too, glowing faintly inside the bright…
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How to Find the Andromeda Galaxy in October 2026
The Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest object most people will ever see with their own eyes: a galaxy of a trillion stars, 2.5 million light years away, whose…
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New Moon October 10, 2026: The Darkest Nights of the Month
The new moon of October 2026 falls on Saturday, October 10, at 10:50 AM Central Time (15:50 UTC). For stargazers the exact minute matters less than the week…
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October 2026 Night Sky: Hunter’s Moon, Draconids and Saturn
Saturn at opposition, a moonless Draconid peak, Mercury beside a two-day-old Moon, the Orionids and the Hunter's Moon: October 2026 night by night, with times for your city.
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How to See the Zodiacal Light This September
The false dawn is back. Two moon-free windows in September and October 2026, where to look, and how to photograph the ghostly cone of dust that rises before…