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Mike Lynch Astrophotography
Here’s the first of my celestial shots I took in Portal Arizona earlier this month. It’s the Whirlpool Galaxy about 40 million light years away. Actually there’s two galaxies here, one big fish...
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Full Moon Hugging Jupiter
(credit: CBS) The full moon will be hugging the very bright planet Jupiter in the evening eastern sky the next few nights. Jupiter is nearing its closest approach to Earth for 2011. That’ll happen in...
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Leonid Meteor Shower
(credit: Mike Lynch) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The annual Leonid Meteor shower peaks out tonight but especially Thursday morning between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Lie back in a lawn chair and roll your eyes all...
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Early Morning Glimpse At Mars
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Over the next couple of mornings around 5 to 6 a.m. they’ll be a nice conjunction in the early morning high southwest sky between the waning gibbous moon and the...
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Look To The Skies For Jupiter
Tonight, look for a super bright star just below the gibbous (football-shaped) moon. That star is actually the planet Jupiter, right around 446 million miles away. Even with a binoculars or a small...
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160 Minn. Students To Compete In Science Bowl
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Some 160 high school math and science students from across the state will be competing this month in a regional Science Bowl in St. Paul. They’ll be vying for the chance...
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Mike Lynch On Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
Mike Lynch says the Venus-Jupiter show is getting better in the western sky after evening twilight. They’re the brightest star-like objects in the sky. Right now they’re less than 25 degrees apart, but...
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Crescent Moon, Venus Conjunction
(credit: Mike Lynch) Mike Lynch says that Saturday evening in the western sky they’ll be a wonderful conjunction between the crescent moon and the bright planet Venus. Also the bright planet Jupiter...
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The Venus-Jupiter Show
(credit: Mike Lynch) If we ever get a break in the clouds in the early evening (which we probably won’t), catch the Venus-Jupiter show in the western sky. They’re the brightest star-like objects in the...
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Leo The Lion
(credit: Mike Lynch) Tonight and tomorrow night the nearly full moon will pass through the constellation Leo the Lion in the evening eastern sky. It’s also passing by Mars which is the brightest star...
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Jupiter, Venus Starting To Separate
(credit: Mike Lynch) While the bright planets Venus and Jupiter are beginning to separate, they are still lovely in the western sky and are still only separated by less than five degrees this weekend....
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Venus-Pleiades Conjunction
(credit: CBS) This weekend there’s a wonderful conjunction between the very bright planet Venus and the bright star cluster the Pleiades. They’re less than 2 degrees apart. Venus is by far the...
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Moon, Mars Conjunction
(credit: Mike Lynch) Tonight, the near full moon will be in a celestial hugging with the bright planet Mars in the southeastern evening sky. They’ll be seperated by less than ten degrees. Should be...
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Conjunction With Full Moon, Saturn
(credit: CBS) This evening in the low southeastern sky they’ll be a nice conjunction between the full moon, the bright star Spica, and the planet Saturn. Saturn is just seven degrees to the left of...
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Venus And Taurus
(credit: CBS) This early evening, Monday, April 23 the very thin crescent moon will, be just to the left the Pleiades in the low western sky in the constellation Taurus the Bull. Early tomorrow...
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Venus And The Moon Nuzzle Up
(credit: Mike Lynch) Early this evening, Venus and the crescent moon will be in a nice celestial hug again. Tonight the crescent moon will be just to upper left of the very bright planet Venus. The...
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Partial Solar Eclipse This Sunday
Skies will clear enough for us to see the partial solar eclipse Sunday night. It begins at about 7 p.m., and while it’s not a total eclipse it’ll be really cool because the when the sun sets around...
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Venus-Moon Conjunction
(credit: Mike Lynch) Tonight and tomorrow night there’s going to be a nice conjunction between the new crescent moon and the bright planet Venus. Look in the low west northwestern sky the west...
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Venus Transit
(credit: Mike Lynch) Tuesday afternoon and evening (June 5), the planet Venus will cross in front of the face of the sun. Venus will appear as a dot across the face of the sun. To see it directly you...
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Jupiter-Venus Conjunction
Over the next couple of weeks, there will be a nice conjunction between the bright planets Jupiter and Venus in the early morning eastern sky. (credit: Mike Lynch/CBS)
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