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StarDate magazine keeps you in touch with the universe with detailed skywatching information, in-depth features, the latest astronomy news, and more. Six issues per year, including the Sky Almanac issue in January! Subscribe today!

Current Issue: January/February 2024

Sky Almanac 2024
This year offers up some beautiful skywatching treats, including a total solar eclipse in April. You can find all the details on these and many others in our 2024 Sky Almanac. The issue also features profiles on some of the brightest and best-known stars in all the night sky.
By Damond Benningfield

 

Merlin

Merlin returns in our next issue.

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Sky Highlights

Magnificent Orion shines at its best on January and February evenings. It stands high in the south in late evening early in the period and remains in view almost all night, and is highest in the south at nightfall by late February. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, trots below and behind the hunter. Jupiter is the brightest planet in the evening sky, outshining even Sirius, while Venus, the brightest dot of light in all the night sky, drops lower in the dawn, disappearing by February’s end.

AstroMiscellany

This feature will return in our March-April issue

AstroNews

This feature will return in our March-April issue

 

In the March Issue

A total solar eclipse comes up on April 8 and we’ll provide all the details. We’ll also talk about the science of eclipses and much more.

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