Category: Skies Over Crestone

by Kairina Danforth Eighty percent of the people in the world today will never see the Milky Way...

by Kim Malville Events of the month April 2: Look for the moon and Venus close together before...

by Kim Malville What is happening in the sky this month? March 1-3:  Jupiter, Saturn and...

by Kim Malville Looking up Mercury, the fleet-footed god, the fastest moving planet in the solar...

By Kim Malville January 1, 4:33 am MST: The first radio signal from the New Horizons spacecraft...

by Kim Malville The magnificent constellation of Orion the Hunter rises at evening twilight and...

by Kim Malville The skies of November are going to be relatively quiet. All bright planets are...

by Kim Malville Jupiter will be visible for only a few days in the western twilight at the...

by Kim Malville September 1: Look to the southwest about 45 minutes after sunset. Jupiter will be...

by Kim Malville This is the month of the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21. First, let’s...

by Kim Malville At the beginning of July, Jupiter will be the planet that dominates the...

by Kim Malville Jupiter will dominate our evening skies throughout June. This bright planet lies a...

In these warm May evenings, bring your binoculars and look for the four moons of Jupiter. It’s a...

      by Kim Malville Mercury reaches its greatest height in the sky on the first...

by Kim Malville   Venus has been dominating our evening skies these past few months. In March...

by Kim Malville Jan 31: Close approach of the moon to brilliant Venus, which will be first visible...

by Kim Malville In the evening, Venus will be getting brighter and higher in the southwestern...

by Kim Malville This is the month for lovers of Venus. The brilliant planet rises higher and...

  by Kim Malville  October 3: Low on the western horizon look for the thin crescent moon...