September Skies
Jupiter has made it into the late evening sky rising in the east around midnight. By the end of...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Aug 31, 2023 | Features | 0
Jupiter has made it into the late evening sky rising in the east around midnight. By the end of...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Jul 27, 2023 | Features | 0
One of the more prolific meteor showers, the Perseids, will occur this year under almost ideal...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Jun 29, 2023 | Features | 0
This month, we will feature Earth first. On July 6, at 2:06 p.m. MDT, the Earth reaches aphelion...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Jun 1, 2023 | Features | 0
Mars, at magnitude +1.6, is fairly low in the western sky about an hour after sunset but has moved...
Read Moreby Cathy Cook | El Defensor Chieftain Editor | May 11, 2023 | Arts & Entertainment | 0
ARTMagdalena was back and bustling in the Village of Magdalena over the weekend, with art...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | May 4, 2023 | Features | 0
This month marks the reappearance of Jupiter above the eastern horizon as it begins its next...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Mar 30, 2023 | Features | 0
This month the evening skies are dominated by three planets. The most brilliant and visible above...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Mar 2, 2023 | Features | 0
This month we witness a flip-flop of the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn. As Jupiter edges closer...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Feb 2, 2023 | Features | 0
Our early evening parade of planets ends his month when we say goodbye to Saturn as it heads to...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Jan 5, 2023 | Features | 0
Having passed conjunction with the sun, Venus now shines brilliantly at magnitude -3.9, in the...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Dec 1, 2022 | Features | 0
This month our planetary parade features more than just a close encounter with the Moon and a...
Read Moreby Jon Spargo, New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club | Nov 3, 2022 | Features | 0
The morning of November 8 will bring the final lunar eclipse for 2022. For the Mountain time zone,...
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