Northern Sky

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

Mars and Venus pointing the way to Uranus on March 11; Saturn masquerating as a claw of Scorpius; the equinox on March 20th; and NASA's Dawn Spacecraft explores Ceres, a dwarf planet and a fossil from the early days of the solar system.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

In the West, Venus and Mars less than one full-moon-width apart; use the crescent moon to find the little blue dot of Uranus; Saturn in the morning sky; and March 5th, a full moon at apogee.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

Jupiter in retrograde; our near neighbor Sirius and it's white dwarf pup; moonless nights of February 7 through 20; a dim Mars above a bright Venus and more.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

A full Snow (or Hunger) Moon on February 3rd; Jupiter in opposition while followed by Regulus on February 6th - the same day that Earth laps Jupiter; and not to forget Imbolc or Groundhog Day on February 2nd.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

The planets are at play this month:  Venus and Mercury in the evening, Jupiter most of the night, and Saturn in the pre-dawn sky.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

A full Wolf Moon on January 4th; a G-formation of bright winter constellations to the south; Earth at perihelion; and the Rosetta probe and the history of water.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

Saturn, Jupiter in retrograde and Leo; the Winter Solstice; Algol in Perseus visible in deepest eclipse on Dec 15th and 18th.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

The Long Night's Moon, full on December 6th; the constellation Perseus and the winking eye of Medusa; and earliest sunsets followed by latest sunrises.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

The Leonid Shower on the 17th and 18th; new moon on the 22nd; news from the Alma telescope and the November 12th landing on a comet.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

Sunspot AR12192, the Andromeda galaxy, Jupiter,  and a Full Beaver Moon on November 6th.