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Happy New Year! Welcome to January. Our first month features Jupiter’s closest approach for the year, and plenty of bright stars to view. Nights will be cold and mostly cloudy, but step outside when skies clear for a stunning view, even if it is a short one!

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Welcome to October, the first full month of Autumn.  Nights grow significantly longer this month. By the end of October, sunset comes before 6 p.m.! Earlier darkness makes for good evening stargazing, when skies are clear. Nights are colder, but not as frigid as in winter. 

Undoubtedly there is some form of organic life on the planet Mars, in the opinion of A. E. Douglass, vice-president of the American MEterologi…

January’s nights are cold, and usually cloudy. But the winter nights present some excellent stargazing when skies are clear. When you get the …

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November is here! For most,it’s not their favorite month. The days grow colder and cloudier, and rains return in force. Usually, we are greeted with our first snow in the month. But when the clouds do part, the night sky greets us earlier.

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Our last full month of summer is here. Even though it is warm, days are getting shorter and nights longer. At the start of August, sunrise comes at 5:49 a.m., with sunset at 8:34 p.m.