Tag: Stargazing
![The Sun glowing in the sky, with foliage accenting the bright orange and yellow sky. Image credit: Jeremy Bishop via Unsplash](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/jeremy-bishop-EdSdhvPX36M-unsplash-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: June 2023
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout June 2023? See the summer solstice, the full Horse Moon, Venus, and other planets in the sky!
![Jupiter in the night sky, as seen magnified by the telescope in the Adler Planetarium’s Doane Observatory.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/jupiter_stacked210928215809-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: May 2023
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout May 2023? See Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, the Hare Moon, and learn where Mercury went!
![A composite of eleven pictures showing the progression of a total solar eclipse.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/April-Skywatch-Blog-Hero-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: April 2023
Header image: A composite of eleven pictures showing the progression of a total solar eclipse. [ Image credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani), edited by the Adler Planetarium ] An entire day is dedicated to celebrating the planet we know best this month, April 2023. Don’t forget to celebrate Earth Day on April 22; and while you’re at […]
![Couple embracing while looking at the Saturn exhibit in Our Solar System, at the Alder Planetarium.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Couple-in-Our-Solar-System-655x504.png)
A Perfect Date Night—Five Things to See at the Adler Planetarium
Header Image: Couple embracing while looking at the Saturn exhibit in Our Solar System, at the Adler Planetarium. Chicago is a city full of possibilities, opportunities, and adventures. But with so many options of places to go and things to see, how do you find the perfect spot for an out-of-this-world, wholesome date night? The […]
![Venus and Jupiter are Close Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Wang, Letian](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Venus-and-Jupiter-are-Close-Composite-Image-Credit-Copyright-Wang-Letian-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: February 2023
Header image: The bright planets, Venus and Jupiter, are close in the sky, nearby a bright Moon. Image taken on June 30, 2015. Composite image credit and copyright: Wang, Letian The two brightest planets and a once-in-a-lifetime comet are among the sky highlights of the shortest month of the year, February 2023. Here’s your stargazing […]
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Adler Skywatch: November 2022
Header Image: Total lunar eclipse on July 7, 2018. Here’s your stargazing guide for November 2022 to help you spot planets and celestial events—including a total lunar eclipse visible in Chicago! Time To Set Your Clocks Back Daylight Saving Time ends on November 6, at 2:00 am local time. This is the day to set […]
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Adler Skywatch: October 2022
Header Image: Hubble Space Telescope portrait of Jupiter taken on June 27, 2019. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) Jupiter and Saturn appear during evening twilight, Mars continues to get brighter, and Mercury just might be visible this month, October 2022. Here’s your stargazing […]
![Adler Planetarium graphic depicting the fall celestial event, Chicagohenge.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/200811_LookUp_Chicagohenge-e1708719806754-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: September 2022
Header image: Adler Planetarium graphic depicting the fall celestial event, Chicagohenge. Astronomical summer ends and the season of fall starts this month, September 2022. Here’s your stargazing guide for spotting daytime and nighttime celestial events as the seasons change and the nights grow longer. See Autumn’s Chicagohenge This month the Sun sets about 50 minutes […]
![NASA's Hubble Telescope image of Jupiter](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/NASA-Jupiter-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: April 2022
Header Image: Hubble’s new portrait of Jupiter. Header Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley). Before dawn breaks each morning, take a look at what is rising before the Sun this month, April 2022. The first week of the month, the brightest planet, Venus, and […]
![Adler Planetarium graphic depicting the fall celestial event, Chicagohenge.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/220320_LookUp_Chicagohenge_1080x1080-100-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: March 2022
Header Image: Adler Planetarium’s Lookup graphic depicting the spring and fall celestial event, Chicagohenge It’s time to “spring forward” and experience one of Chicago’s most picturesque sky highlights this month, March 2022. Daylight Saving time for 2022 starts March 13, at 2:00 am local time. On this morning we “spring-forward” by setting our clocks ahead […]