It also corresponds with a slight red hue that results when the full moon is low in the sky. This year’s strawberry moon may appear more berry-like with a hint of red and orange because of two ...

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However, on Friday, Feb. 28, Mercury joins the sky soup, making for a cool seven and upgrading the night sky scene to a great alignment. The last time there was a seven-planet parade was in June 2022.

“The sky is really beautiful in winter,” he said. “It’s a great time to go out and do some stargazing.” Katrina Miller is a science reporter for The Times based in Chicago.

Uranus reappears in the morning sky before dawn. We’ll start in the evening soon after sunset on June 1. You can spot Jupiter hanging low in the western sky.

But solar eclipses like the one that millions of Americans will watch on April 8—in which a blood-red ring and shimmering corona emerge to surround a blackened sun—are a cosmic fluke.

June 21: June Solstice. The June solstice occurs when the sun travels along its northernmost path in the sky, creating the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day ...

But for months at a time Betelgeuse was effectively invisible, too close to the sun in the sky to be seen through the glare, and astronomers lost lots of valuable observing time.

Neptune is still close to the Sun and not visible early in the month. By the end of April, the magnitude 5.8 ice giant is 5° high in the east an hour before sunrise, very challenging to view.