Tag: constellations
Welcome back to the sky of the month with Astronomitaly! The time has come to find out what to observe in the sky of May 2021! METEOR SHOWERS IN THE SKY OF MAY The first meteor shower we encounter in this month will be the Eta Aquarids, a remnant of Halley’s comet. It is a […]
Our monthly guide to the heavens and the night sky of the month returns! It’s time to find out what to observe in the sky of April 2021. METEOR SHOWERS Shooting stars are back in the northern hemisphere! The Lyrids meteor shower will be active from April 16 to 26, reaching its peak on April […]
Conjunctions, constellations, astronomical events and celestial objects to observe in the night sky of March 2021! Let’s find them out together in our guide to this month’s night sky! MARCH EQUINOX March 20, 2021 (at 10:37 am) will be the day of the March equinox. This phenomenon establishes the beginning of the spring season for […]
Welcome back to our monthly guide to the night sky. It’s time to find out what’s waiting for us in the sky of February: the Moon, celestial objects, conjunctions and more astronomical events! THE MOON AND THE PLANETS Lunar Phases Last quarter: 5 February New Moon: 12 February First Quarter: 20 February Full Moon: 27 […]
The sky of January awaits us! Let’s find out what the sky of this month has to offer to all astronomy enthusiast. METEOR SHOWERS OF JANUARY The Quadrantids meteor shower is active from December 28. It will reach its peak between the 3rd and the 4th of January. Although the Quadrantids may spike with the […]
The sky of the month of March 2020. Before dawn we will witness very interesting conjunctions, between the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn first, and then between the various planets. The conditions of visibility for the winter constellations are still excellent, but they are moving south-west. Here is an overview of the sky of March […]
The star of this month is definitely the Betelgeuse star, the “left shoulder” of the hunter Orion and the summit of the asterism of the Winter Triangle. In this article we will find out how to see Betelgeuse in the night sky… Betelgeuse is a variable star, that is, its brightness varies over time. In […]
The sky of December 2019: constellations, conjunctions, shooting stars… With the winter solstice leading the way towards the season that sees the constellation of Orion in the northern skies as the protagonist, the sky of December 2019 will be propped up with “shooting stars”, conjunctions, and the planets that until now have made it by […]
A November full of astronomical events: in addition to the transit of Mercury, shooting stars and beautiful conjunctions… A special occasion, that of 11 November, which will allow astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts to witness the most anticipated phenomenon of the year: the transit of Mercury in front of the Sun. Telescopes focused on the event […]
The October sky with its astronomical phenomena. After a summer full of astronomical events and phenomena, such as the eclipse of the Moon on 16 July last, shooting stars and beautiful conjunctions and oppositions, the month of October 2019 appears apparently less rich in phenomena. However we will be able to admire many beautiful conjunctions […]