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Orion the Hunter is back in the evening sky

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 Hey Space Placers! Orion Rising at Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park This is what Orion looks like now in November as he rises. Greg Redfern To me, in the Northern Hemisphere, Orion the Hunter , is the most beautiful and easily recognizable constellation. He is grand in scope, scale and beauty. He also anchors the other winter constellations. The Hunter is also a treasure trove of binocular and telescopic treasures - bright stars, nebulae - and,  the winter Milky Way flows nearby across the sky. The Winter Milky Way, Orion and Taurus the Bull imaged at sea, Greg Redfern Orion also marks our neighborhood in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is where our whole solar system resides - the Orion Spur. Orion is in the upper right amidst the stars of our Milky Way neighborhood. The Loop around him is "Barnard's Loop" made of hydrogen gas Greg Redfern Get outside and see the Hunter with your family and friends this week. Orion is visible in cities unless you are in the glare of direc...
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How far back in time can the naked eye see?

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 Hey, Space Placers! This fuzzy spot is a pic of the Andromeda Galaxy, taken at sea.  It resembles how the galaxy looks in binoculars. You can see it with the unaided eye. It is about 2.5 million light years distant and  the farthest object we can easily see with just our eyes. Great read. Sky Guy in VA
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BEAUTIFUL COLOR COMET 3I/ATLAS

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 Hey Space Placers! Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS photographed in color by Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann Via Spaceweather.com Get the story here about the image and COMET. I hope to image 3I/ATLAS myself this weekend if the weather is  clear. Sky Guy in VA
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Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) peers into the 'hidden universe' and discovers stream of stars longer than our entire Milky Way

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 Hey, Space Placers! An image of M61 as seen by Rubin, with a stream of stars extending from it and stretching out 170,000 light-years   (Image credit: Romanowsky et al. RNAAS (2025)) Via Space.com VRO is going to revolutionize how we see the Universe. This discovery is just the beginning . Sky Guy in VA
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NASA RELEASES COMET 3I/ATLAS IMAGES TODAY

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 Hey, Space Placers! Read the full story here. Another comet being monitored   by astronomers,     C/2025 K1 (ATLAS),  has  fragmented into three separate pieces. These are not visible to the unaided eye but are great telescope objects. Sky Guy in VA
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With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge and other Lunar Exploration News

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 Hey, Space Placers! This is a VERY interesting story that indicates what space agencies returning to the Moon - to stay this time - need to start thinking about. Plans are being considered to develop and implement "Lunar Timekeeping" - giving the Moon its own time system, free from Earth. Houston was/is the time zone being used. NASA has moved Artemis III (first crewed moon landing) to 2028 because of SpaceX Starship delays. Sky Guy in VA
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NASA, SpaceX Launch US-European Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans

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Hey, Space Placers! Get all the details here...... MY BEST LEONID Sky Guy in VA 
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