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▶StarDate Radio: August 24 — Messier 7
Most of the constellations are tough to pick out. Their classical “connect-the-dots” outlines are so faint, small, or spread out...More »
★Stargazing: August 24
Scorpius and Sagittarius are in the south at nightfall. Look for the curving body of the scorpion just above the...More »
▶StarDate Radio: August 23 — Moon and Aldebaran
The face of Taurus, the bull, is doomed. The V-shaped face is outlined by a star cluster known as the...More »
★Stargazing: August 23
Look for the face of the bull at dawn tomorrow, to the right of the Moon. The bright star close...More »
▶StarDate Radio: August 22 — Dark Mergers
Mergers between big galaxies are violent events. They can kick millions or billions of stars into intergalactic space, and dramatically...More »
★Stargazing: August 22
Aquila, the eagle, soars high across the sky tonight, partially immersed in the glow of the Milky Way. Look beginning...More »
★Stargazing: August 21
Vega, one of the closest and brightest stars in the night sky, stands straight overhead as darkness falls and drops...More »
▶StarDate Radio: August 21 — Galactic Collision
The Milky Way is headed toward a galactic pile-up. Our home galaxy is likely to merge with M31, our closest...More »
▶StarDate Radio: August 20 — Merging Galaxies
NGC 6052 is a mess. It looks a little like a pair of big spiders locked in mortal combat. Instead,...More »
★Stargazing: August 20
Hercules is high in the western sky on August evenings. One of its most interesting features is NGC 6052, a...More »
▶StarDate Radio: August 19 — Galaxies
We have lots of addresses. After your street address, city, state, and country, you might add lines for Planet Earth,...More »
★Stargazing: August 19
The Great Square of Pegasus stands low in the eastern sky at nightfall. It spans a large region, and is...More »
Current Magazine
Our September/October issue explores how magnetic fields influence star formation. We also celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Leon Foucault, the French physicist whose pendulum demonstrated Earth's rotation.
2019 Sky Almanac
Plan for this year's stargazing adventures with our 2019 Sky Almanac, which offers skywatching tips, charts, Moon phases, and much more. And for the rest of the year, we've reduced the price! Order online or call 1-800-STARDATE during regular business hours.
