Sky Report 2026 October 31 – November 7
Orion can be seen getting out of bed around 8 pm now, preparing for a night of hunting. Being a giant and very old, it takes an hour and a half for his hourglass... Read more.
Sky Report 2026 October 24 – October 31
Deep sky objects (DSOs), composed of star clusters and nebulae, are often called faint fuzzies by amateur astronomers but many are bright enough to be seen with... Read more.
Sky Report October 17 – October 24
The western side of the Square of Pegasus points southward to the solitary bright star Fomalhaut in the mouth of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish. Fomalhaut is... Read more.
Sky Report October 10 – October 17
Saturday’s sunrise in Fredericton is at 7:36 and sunset will occur at 6:49, giving 11 hours, 13 minutes of daylight. Next Saturday the Sun will rise at 7:46 and... Read more.
Sky Report October 3 – October 10
The Pleiades star cluster, which is located in the shoulder of Taurus the Bull, is rising around 8:30 pm now as a harbinger of winter. In a month it will be rising... Read more.
Sky Report September 26 – October 3
The Major League Baseball playoff season kicks off, or rather throws out the first pitch, this week and they always arrange to have the Great Square of Pegasus form... Read more.
Sky Report 2026 September 12 – 19
Salamanders aren’t the most noticeable of critters; you usually have to make an effort to find one. This is a good time to locate the obscure constellation of... Read more.
Sky Report 2026 September 5 – September 12
This is the time of year when the evening sky seems static; the stars appear to be in the same place night after night in twilight. With reference to the stars Earth... Read more.
Sky at a Glance, 2026 August 29 – September 5
Technically, any three stars in the sky will form some sort of a triangle, but there are those that stand out. Overhead in early evening is the best known celestial... Read more.
Sky at a Glance, 2026 August 15 – August 22
The signs of autumn appear in the sky before they become readily apparent terrestrially. In late evening the great mama bear, Ursa Major, scampers across the northern... Read more.