The standstill is an occurence that stems from the moon’s orbit being tilted in relation to both Earth’s equator and the sun’s path across our sky. That tilt slowly shifts over an 18.6-year ...

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The stars above the map’s horizon now match what’s in the sky. The all-sky map shows how the sky looks at: midnight June 1 11 p.m. June 15 10 p.m. June 30 Planets are shown at midmonth ...

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NASA, ESA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI) Known as the celestial hunter Orion’s shoulder, the red supergiant Betelgeuse is one of the most recognizable stars in the sky.

“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.

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.