I'm an award-winning journalist writing about the night sky and eclipses.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead , but be sure toIt’s been the kind of weekend that only comes around once in a lifetime, with auroras at low latitudes across the globe witnessed by more people than at any other time in human history.
Between the two are the M96 of galaxies, a cluster of about nine galaxies about 30 million light-years from Earth. When you look at Leo, you’re looking outside the Milky Way and into the universe beyond.This morning, it’s the first quarter moon, the phase of the moon’s orbit when it appears half-lit as seen from Earth. This is also when the night skies begin to get so brightly lit by moonlight in the early evenings that stargazing becomes more difficult.
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