In Vineyard Skies
There is a slight chance some viewers may see Comet Ison in the early morning sky the next couple of mornings. Astronomers have been watching this...
Is it a plane? No, Just Venus
We’ve watched Venus hover over the treeline in Tisbury for weeks. This is a planet everyone can find, as long as you...
A full moon on Sunday will dominate the sky through the weekend. This is a moon that is hard to ignore. Only a December full moon rises higher in our...
A transformation in the night sky has taken place since summer, and the Milky Way has moved to a position where it is almost overhead. This is the...
There is a slight possibility Vineyarders can see a partial eclipse of the sun on Sunday morning at sunrise. Anything less than a clear sky will be a...
Late tonight there is a pairing up of the gibbous moon and Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. The two will rise in the east together before...
The Friday night full moon is called the Pumpkin Moon and it is in the zodiacal constellation Pisces. The moon will dominate evening skies through...
The eclipse will occur on the evening of Friday, Oct. 18, when the moon passes through the edge of the Earth’s shadow and loses some of its...
Skies overhead are full of bright stars, and from time to time the moon and planets are visible, too. On occasion there is something special about...
In the wee hours of tomorrow morning, soon after midnight tonight, the near quarter moon and the planet Jupiter will rise together in the east.
Fall officially arrives on Sunday at 4:44 p.m. Daylight is becoming a precious commodity.
Already maple trees are changing their colors and Virginia...
Tonight the gibbous moon appears high in the evening sky soon after sunset. In the nights ahead, the moon dominates the evening sky while it moves...