Stargazers in the U.S. will find the waxing gibbous moon above the southwestern horizon as the sun sets on July 3, with Spica ...

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

This is “Looking UP! in southern Colorado,” from the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society. I’m Hal Bidlack, and there are lots of reasons to look up! A ...

This Week’s Night Sky: Look for Pyramid-Shaped Lights. ... The striking, steely blue star Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky despite being just over 250 light-years from Earth.

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27.

One is the celestial lion, Leo, which headlined our column last month. To its left, there’s a distinct Y-shape of stars, rising upwards from a bright blue-white star called Spica. The ancient ...

Saturday, July 13th 2024 The First Quarter Moon will occult the bright star Spica tonight (Sky & Telescope). This means that the Moon will appear to pass […] Welcome to the 219th edition of ...

The occultation will be visible from Houston, beginning with the disappearance of Spica behind the moon at 4:53 a.m. CT in the eastern sky at an altitude of 14.4 degrees, according to In-The-Sky ...

The only problem is that it’s also one of the faintest. With a lot of visual digging, Virgo can be found in the low southeast evening sky this time of year. Virgo does process one bright star ...

A comment I frequently hear from those who have just bought a telescope is this: "I’ve seen the moon and a few planets … Venus, Jupiter and Mars … but I can never find Saturn. I’d really ...