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See Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky

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Wide array of bright but slightly fuzzy stars, mostly blue-white but one reddish, over dark landscape.

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Sergei Timofeevski shared this image from November 13, 2023. Sergei wrote: “The constellation Orion the Hunter and the star Sirius rising just above the eastern horizon in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.” Thank you, Sergei! Note bright Sirius is on the bottom, and Orion’s Belt pointing to it. … Read more

Venus brightest on Valentine’s Day, 2025. Don’t miss it!

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Chart showing an extra-large starred dot, Venus, above the western horizon, along the green ecliptic line.

Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, reaches its greatest brilliancy on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Venus is currently blazing, low in the west after sunset, with Saturn below. Join EarthSky’s founder and editor-in-chief Deborah Byrd at 12:15 p.m. CT (18:15 UTC) on Wednesday, February 12, to learn how (and why) to love Venus. … Read more