✨🌌 MESSIER 2 — GLOBULAR GLORY TONIGHT! 🗓 15 August 2025 📍 Visible from New Delhi: 20:03 – 04:37 IST 🔭 Messier 2 (NGC 7089) A majestic globular cluster in Aquarius, glowing faintly at magnitude 6.6 🕓 Viewing Highlights: 🔸 Rises at 20:03 — 21° in the east 🔸 Peaks at 00:20, climbing 60° high […]
🌙✨ THE MOON MEETS THE PLEIADES (M45) 🗓 16 August 2025 | 22:03 IST 📍 Visible from New Delhi: 23:30 – 05:10 A magical pairing in Taurus! The 23-day-old Moon (mag –11.8) glides near the sparkling Pleiades (mag 1.3) — coming as close as 55.3 arcminutes apart! 🌌 🔭 Though too wide for a telescope's […]
🌗 MOON AT LAST QUARTER 🗓 16 August 2025 | 10:42 IST 📍 Visible from New Delhi: 23:03 – 12:57 ✨ The Moon enters its last quarter phase, appearing half-illuminated and rising after midnight. 🔭 Best seen in the pre-dawn sky, gliding high above the horizon as morning approaches 🌄 🌓 The Moon’s 29.5-day cycle […]
🌠 Meteor Alert! ✨ The κ-Cygnid Meteor Shower peaks on 18th Aug 2025, with activity from 3–25 Aug. 🌌 📍 From New Delhi: ⏰ Best views around 10:00 PM when the radiant in Draco is high 🌙 Near New Moon – dark skies for spotting meteors 💫 Expect up to 2 meteors/hour at peak – […]
☀️🪐 MERCURY AT GREATEST ELONGATION WEST 🗓 19 August 2025 | 17:55 IST 📍 Best view: 21 August at sunrise The innermost planet shines brightly at mag –0.2, reaching its maximum separation from the Sun in this August–September morning apparition. 🌄 From New Delhi, this is a challenging but rewarding sight — rising just 17° […]
In the early hours, the Moon and Jupiter come together in a striking conjunction, sharing the same right ascension with the Moon passing 4°46′ north of Jupiter. From New Delhi, they rise around 2:36 AM and climb to 36° above the eastern horizon before fading into dawn by 5:35 AM. With the Moon shining at […]
Separation: The Moon and Venus will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 4°52' to the north of Venus. Visibility from New Delhi: The pair will be visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:15 (IST) – 2 hours and 35 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above […]
Separation: The Moon and Mercury will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 3°42' to the north of Mercury. Visiblibity from New Delhi: The pair will be visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:29 (IST) – 1 hour and 21 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 13° above […]
🌑 NEW MOON 🗓 23 August 2025 | 11:37 IST The sky’s darkest night is here 🌌 As the Moon aligns perfectly between Earth and Sun, it becomes invisible, lost in the Sun’s brilliance. 🔄 This marks the start of a new lunar cycle — from darkness to crescent, and onward to full. 🌍 At […]
🪨✨ ASTEROID 6 HEBE AT OPPOSITION 📍 Constellation: Aquarius 🗓 Visible from New Delhi: 21:12 – 04:08 IST 🔭 Best viewing time: 00:40 IST | 44° high in southern sky Tonight, Asteroid 6 Hebe shines at its brightest & closest, perfectly positioned for stargazers across the globe! 🌌 🔹 Rises in the southeast at 21:12 […]
🌙🔴 CONJUNCTION OF THE MOON & MARS 🗓 26 August 2025 | 22:11 IST 📍 Visible from New Delhi: 19:28 – 20:39 IST ✨ A beautiful cosmic pairing in Virgo — The 3-day-old Moon (mag –10.2) passes just 2°47' south of Mars (mag 1.6) 🌌 📉 Low on the western horizon — only 14° high […]
🌙✨ LUNAR OCCULTATION OF SPICA 🗓 27 August 2025 | Starts at 18:09 IST Tonight, the Moon passes in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a stunning lunar occultation — though only visible from Antarctica ❄️🌌 🔭 From New Delhi, the occultation won't be visible, but a close conjunction between the Moon and Spica can […]
