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The month opens with some interesting interactions in the pre-dawn sky between the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and the Beehive star cluster. And the Orionid meteors peak later in the month. Here’s what’s up in our October sky.

The Night Sky This Month - Cosmic Pursuits The Night Sky This Month – September 2026 (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) The starry band of the Milky Way in Scorpius and Sagittarius moves westward this month, but lengthening nights keep this vista accessible until the end of September before it disappears ...

After a busy month in August for celestial events, it's quieter in September, with most of the planets now in the late night or pre-dawn sky. Look for the waning Moon very close to Jupiter on Sept 8.

All the details for what's up this month are here, courtesy Calgary's Cosmic Pursuits.

The Night Sky This Month - Cosmic Pursuits The Night Sky This Month – August 2026 (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) It’s the most wonderful month of the year for stargazers! The best meteor shower of the year peaks with the Moon completely out of the way this year. A total solar eclipse falls across Ic...

Join us on Thursday, August 27 from 8:00 - 11:00 pm with Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area (ASCC) to learn about and view the partial lunar eclipse, which will cover approximately 96% of the moon’s surface in shadow, giving it a dim reddish orange glow.

We will be starting the evening with a presentation from RASC Calgary’s Steve Donaldson, and head outdoors to view the eclipse with telescopes and binoculars. This event is open to all ages, with registration by donation (suggested minimum $5/person or $20/family).

Please RSVP to [email protected] by August 21 to give us an idea of numbers. Refreshments will be served and you are welcome to bring blankets and camping chairs for sitting outside. Event participants are not required to pay for parking.

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Here’s your video guide to what’s up this month, courtesy Sky & Telescope magazine, with a bevy of eclipses and a fine meteor shower in August, and the Milky Way at its best. Get to a dark site at New Moon.

Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast — August 2026 This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses ...

There's lots going on in the sky this month – a partial eclipse of the Sun visible from Alberta (just!), one of the best meteor showers of the year and certainly the most popular, and an almost-total eclipse of the Moon at the end of August. All the details and links to learn more are here courtesy Calgary's Cosmic Pursuits —

The Night Sky This Month - Cosmic Pursuits The Night Sky This Month – July 2026 (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) Venus appears in the evening sky, Saturn rises after midnight, and Mars emerges in Ta**us in the eastern sky before sunrise. ‘Milky Way season’ gets fully underway as the thick band of ou...

Here’s your monthly video guide to what’s up in the sky, for July. Courtesy Sky & Telescope magazine.

Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast — July 2026 This month’s episode offers great tips on how to be a better starga...

We have solar system groupings in both the evening and morning sky this month. Here’s your guide to what’s up in July.

The Night Sky This Month - Cosmic Pursuits The Night Sky This Month – June 2026 (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) All five bright planets emerge in June, at least for part of the month, but brilliant Venus in particular puts on a spectacular show. It lies close to Jupiter in the western evening sky as th...

Here’s your video guide to what’s up in the sky in June. There’s a possibility of a bright “nova” star this month. Maybe! But there’s a guarantee of a spectacular planet conjunction.

The video is courtesy Sky & Telescope magazine. Clear skies!

Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast — June 2026 This month’s episode highlights the close pairing of Venus and Jupiter under way in the western sky after sunset. You'll also learn why astronomers are fixat...

There’s lots to look for this month, as Venus and Jupiter meet in a spectacular evening conjunction. The Moon also hides Venus in the daytime sky. And the season for sighting noctilucent clouds begins.

All the details are here in your monthly sky guide for June from Cosmic Pursuits.

The Night Sky This Month - Cosmic Pursuits The Night Sky This Month – May 2026 (Looking for last month’s ‘Night Sky’? Find it at this link…) This month, Jupiter and Venus shine brightly in the west after sunset along with the dazzling stars of the northern winter constellations on their way out for the year. Mars and Saturn make a ...

Here’s your video tour of the May sky, pointing out the fine evening planets this month, and how to use the Big Dipper to navigate the night sky. All courtesy Sky & Telescope magazine.

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