This week before dawn the planet Venus reaches a huge milestone in the morning sky. This brilliant world attains its greatest western elongation – its farthest point from the sunrise.
When the sun went down last night, if you looked up, you saw an interesting sight in the night sky. It wasn't a star next to the Moon, it was a planet.
Last night was the radio station’s Christmas party but I had to duck out for a few minutes for some very important business that had to do with...space travel. No I’m not Dr. Who or Capt. Kirk, I’m a sky watcher, and I knew that the International Space Station (ISS) would be making a flyover West Texas at exactly 6:25PM.
I was monitoring Facebook tonight when a bunch of post about how incredible the moon rise looked this evening. So I stepped out of the house and into my backyard and got a few shots that hopefully will do it justice.