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Visible planets and night sky guide for January

Marcy Curran January 14, 2026 Astronomy Essentials

Top 10 brightest objects in our solar system

Kelly Kizer Whitt January 14, 2026 Tonight

Contemplate the apex of the sun in January

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Visible planets and night sky guide for January

Visible planets and night sky guide. The waning crescent moon is near Antares in Scorpius. And watch a video here about the wonderful star Mira. Marcy Curran John Jardine Goss Deborah Byrd Kelly Kizer Whitt January 14, 2026

Visible planets and night sky guide for January

January 14, 2026

Meteor shower guide 2026: Up next … the Lyrids

January 1, 2026

Meet the Winter Circle, aka the Winter Hexagon

January 15, 2026

Blue-white Rigel is Orion’s brightest star

January 16, 2026

Here’s what ‘habitable’ means to astronomers

January 18, 2026

The February full moon is the Snow Moon on February 1

January 25, 2026

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Astronomy Essentials

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Visible planets and night sky guide for January

Marcy Curran January 14, 2026

Top 10 brightest objects in our solar system

Kelly Kizer Whitt January 14, 2026

We fly between Jupiter and the sun today

Deborah Byrd January 10, 2026

What does opposition mean for an outer planet?

Scott Levine January 9, 2026

Brightest Stars

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See Mira the Wonderful waking up!

Editors of EarthSky January 8, 2026

Capella is one of the sky’s brightest stars

Editors of EarthSky January 8, 2026

Schedar shines brightly at the Queen’s heart

Editors of EarthSky December 10, 2025

Orange Aldebaran is Taurus the Bull’s fiery eye

Deborah Byrd December 3, 2025

Constellations

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Orion the Hunter, the most recognizable constellation

Kelly Kizer Whitt December 28, 2025

Triangulum the Triangle in northern skies

Kelly Kizer Whitt December 19, 2025

Look for Cetus the Whale swimming in a celestial sea

Kelly Kizer Whitt December 17, 2025

Fornax the Furnace: A dim constellation with galaxies galore

Kelly Kizer Whitt December 16, 2025

Clusters Nebulae Galaxies

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The Orion nebula (M42) is a starry nursery

Bruce McClure December 30, 2025

The Andromeda galaxy: All you need to know

Bruce McClure December 16, 2025

Triangulum galaxy is 2nd-closest to Milky Way

Bruce McClure November 15, 2025

Large and Small Magellanic Clouds shine in southern skies

Editors of EarthSky October 14, 2025

Favorite Star Patterns

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The Hyades star cluster: The Face of Taurus the Bull

Bruce McClure January 11, 2026

The Pleiades – or 7 Sisters – known around the world

Bruce McClure November 11, 2025

Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the autumn sky

Deborah Byrd September 25, 2025

Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center

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