During the day, the sky is so bright from this light that no stars (well, except the sun ... that background can be as dim as 22 mag/arcsec 2. I’d love to have a moonless night with my ...

Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky. When Jupiter is ...

Two days after its new phase, the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky while the summer constellations ...

Of course, this is not possible, but we can see stars in the night sky that are similar to the sun. Eta Cass, as astronomers affectionately know it, is a sunlike star that lies 114 trillion miles ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this month, with the night ... Evening Star when it appears in the western sky after sunset, which occurs during certain parts of its orbit around the sun.

Want to see Venus in the night ... star-like object of magnitude –4.3, our sister planet will set almost four hours after the sun by Christmas Day. In fact, if the air is very clear and the sky ...

Incidentally, one way that you can tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky ... when the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon and the background sky is still reasonably ...

NASA has likened the event to a “new star” appearing in the night sky for casual observers ... view the nova with the unaided eye once the sun goes down. You can learn more about T CrB ...

Since the Sun's bright ... planet in our night sky, in a beautiful conjunction. Look to the western sky, and you'll see Venus shining brilliantly as an "evening star" right next to the Moon.

"Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky ... as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said.