Astronomers may have spotted a supermassive black hole in the early universe. Plus, India’s Chandrayaan 3 soft-lands in the lunar south pole region of the Moon. And Comet Nishimura is quickly brightening in the morning sky.
Saturn comes to opposition. Vega crests at the zenith, while Arcturus is exploring the lower west. Go out before the first light of dawn now, and there's your New Year's evening view.
Many skywatchers look forward to seeing the Perseid meteors every August, and this month’s Sky Tour episode explains why they’ll be especially good this year.
The Astronomical Society of New Haven will be holding CSP-33 at the Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation in Goshen, CT on the weekend of September 15-17, 2023.