Do you enjoy looking at the night sky?
Stargazing is a wonderful pastime enjoyed by millions of people all around the world. Anyone can join in. Here's how...
Find a dark area away from lights and with a good view of the night sky. After about 10 minutes your eyes will adapt to the dark and you will begin to see many stars. Use a good pair of binoculars to see even more stars and other celestial objects.
The Evening Sky Map
To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com makes available for free* each month The Evening Sky Map -- a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres. Each issue contains a detailed sky map, a monthly sky calendar, and a descriptive list of the best objects to see with binoculars, a telescope, or using just your eyes. Latest issue: December 2005
Venus brightest
Moon occults Spica, Moon very near Antares
(download latest issue)
http://www.skymaps.com/index.html
Stargazing is a wonderful pastime enjoyed by millions of people all around the world. Anyone can join in. Here's how...
Find a dark area away from lights and with a good view of the night sky. After about 10 minutes your eyes will adapt to the dark and you will begin to see many stars. Use a good pair of binoculars to see even more stars and other celestial objects.
The Evening Sky Map
To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com makes available for free* each month The Evening Sky Map -- a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres. Each issue contains a detailed sky map, a monthly sky calendar, and a descriptive list of the best objects to see with binoculars, a telescope, or using just your eyes. Latest issue: December 2005
Venus brightest
Moon occults Spica, Moon very near Antares
(download latest issue)
http://www.skymaps.com/index.html
