Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  June 23: Try out the Turtle Nebula Now shining at magnitude 10.6, main-belt asteroid 21 Lutetia is sliding just south of a 9th-magnitude field star in Scorpius. The best time to observe is late in the evening in the hour or twoContinue reading "The Sky Today on Wednesday, June 24: Look for Lutetia’s light"

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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  June 22: Visit the North America Nebula Mercury passes 7° due south of Pollux in Gemini at 3 P.M. EDT. By evening, Mercury, Jupiter, and Pollux create a skinny, tall triangle with the two planets forming the base and the star atContinue reading "The Sky Today on Tuesday, June 23: Try out the Turtle Nebula"

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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  June 21: A summertime lineup If you’re up late after midnight, you’ll have the chance to check in on a summertime favorite: NGC 7000, the North America Nebula in Cygnus. Reaching nearly 70° high in the east by 2 A.M. local daylightContinue reading "The Sky Today on Monday, June 22: Visit the North America Nebula"

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