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Meteor shower alert! Fingers crossed for clear skies tonight & into tomorrow morning. The Geminid meteor shower will be at its best after the Moon sets through sunrise. For those living under dark skies, expect to observe 2-3 per minute. City dwellers can expect to see 1 per minute. Bundle...

The wonders of the winter sky have arrived! Look to the east for a magnificent display of very bright stars 鈥� more than any other season. The iconic constellation Orion is fully above the horizon by 9pm. His companions Canis Major and Canis Minor are not far behind. The twins...

Have you ever wanted to travel to Neptune? Thanks to an updated solar system model on campus, you can 鈥渧isit鈥� the planet as you stroll from the Fiske Planetarium north to Colorado Avenue鈥攋ust a few minutes if you hustle. You can also catch the sounds of Neptune and other planets...

Check out Saturn tonight in the southwestern sky! The ringed-planet appears half way between Jupiter to the upper left and crazy-bright Venus down to the lower right. The three planets help us trace out the ecliptic (the imaginary line in our sky which marks the Sun鈥檚 path, plus this is...

The Moon is beachside tonight and hanging out in Cancer the Crab. Grab your binos to it check out! Pan about 3 degrees (6 full moon widths) to the right and buzz right into the famous Beehive cluster, otherwise known as Messier 44. Graphic credit: SkySafari app

Tonight starting at 11:45pm MST, observers across the Americas, the Pacific, Australia, eastern Asia, and northern Europe will be treated to the beginning of a deep partial lunar eclipse. The celestial event takes place right next to the beautiful and very bright Pleiades open cluster (M45). Mid-eclipse occurs at 2:03am...

The almost full Moon will make the Leonid meteor shower challenging to watch this year, but it only takes 1 fireball to create a magical memory. So, grab your sleeping bag, a mug of cocoa & watch the debris trail of leftover bits from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle put on a celestial...

Check out tonight鈥檚 triangle in the southern sky! The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn are all gathered within the constellation of Capricornus, the mythical sea goat. Image credit: SkySafari app

Got a telescope? Explore the largest planets in our solar system - all of which are featured in VOYAGERS! Fiske鈥檚 space musical . Just look to the southern sky to observe Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune - all in the same night! Graphic credit: Stellarium

Celebrate NASA鈥檚 International Observe the Moon Night Oct. 16th! We鈥檒l be closed due to the football game (Go BUFFS!), but the Longmont Astronomical Society is partnering with 麻豆影院 County Open Space to host an event on Oct. 15th. Check out the event! Need a Moon map? Check this one out...