Utah Skies

The Milky Way is the home of our sun and its planets including our earth. But during the fall season we can view another distant galaxy. The Andromeda…

The night sky is divided up into 88 constellations. The easiest constellation to recognize is Orion the Hunter. Orion is easy to see in the evening during…

The popular Orion constellation is rising about midnight this month. It is relatively easy to find as it is made up of very bright stars. The three bright…

In astronomy an asterism is a group of stars that form an image but is not a constellation. The Big Dipper is a common asterism. It is made of seven…

Have you noticed the weather is changing? The days and nights seem cooler as the month of September moves on. The seasons are transitioning this month.…

As the sky darkens tonight, you can easily see Jupiter to the East. Looking a little further to the Southeast the next bright object is Saturn. Saturn is…

After sundown in the late summer, one of the first visible stars will be Vega. It will be almost directly over your head. At star parties I am often asked…

The following is an unedited transcript:Jupiter is the largest of the sun’s planets. Like Saturn, Jupiter is a “gas giant” made up of mostly hydrogen and…

The following is an unedited transcript:My wife will often say that astronomy is a deceiving hobby. When you look at something through a telescope lens…

The following is an unedited transcript.It’s not unusual to look up at the night sky and see a swift moving object light up the sky and just as quickly…