You know, after decades of pointing optics toward the sky, I consider myself a knowledgeable observer. But while researching ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Note that the Moon is now a thin crescent just 18 percent lit, located some 6° to the lower left of magnitude 1.1 Antares. They are in the constellation Scorpius, which rises slowly and doesn't ...