The Oregon DarkSky Network distributes Night Sky Adventure Kits ... 3 million-acre Gila National Forest – the country's first designated wilderness. For best star viewing, use a red filter ...

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

The night sky in April 2025 will include a spectacular crescent moon near Jupiter and Mars, the Lyrid meteor shower, and the ...

This annual shower is expected to reach its peak and generate its highest number of shooting stars during the late-night hours on April ... The radiant is the point in the sky from which meteors ...

As well as some of the darkest skies on the U.S. East Coast, it's also the nation's southernmost point. At 24.5 degrees north ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

An exposure longer than about 25 seconds will start to show star trails and capture their movement as they travel across the night sky, so experiment with timings. Generally, the rule of thumb is to ...