The Urban Astronomer

Slender Moon, Mars and more For the next week, the twilight sky will feature a close alignment of two bright shiny red objects, Mars and...

Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay Fall in the San Francisco Bay Area means clear skies and mild temperatures, and clear skies along the coast -...

This Saturday is International Observe The Moon Night. Where will you be for this special evening? I'll be conducting sidewalk astronomy...

I paid a visit to the KFOG Morning Show  and had a fun chat with Renee about the Supermoon, Perseid Meteor Shower, How to Look At The Nigh...

After the Moon, the two brightest objects in the night sky are the planets Venus and Jupiter. Venus is a close neighbor and a very reflecti...

This year’s Perseid Meteor Shower will peak on August 11-12-13 and should offer up a moderately pleasing view of meteors but will be impact...

Moon at Apogee and Perigee We are in the midst of a three-month period of Supermoons, a confluence of orbital nodes that brings us the...

Evening Show The waning crescent Moon creates a majestic skyscape to open the month of August, shimmering against the dusk sky with the ...