Q-90.1's Backyard Astronomer

The waxing crescent and first quarter phases are a great time to see details on the Moon.

In spring, the Big Dipper climbs high into the north, making it an excellent guidepost in the sky.

The Moon is now making its way through the morning sky, slipping farther east relative to the stars each night.

One of the most recognizable groups of stars in the night sky isn't actually a constellation, but a part of the larger group Ursa Major.

The stars of Cancer the Crab are quite dim, but point your binoculars this way and you'll see a cluster of stars called the Beehive.

During the couple of hours after sunset or before sunrise, dozens of satellites can be seen as slowly moving dots across the sky.

This week, the Waning Moon greets a line of bright planets in the morning sky.

This week, the Gibbous Moon grows into a Full Moon on March 20. Some Native Americans referred to it as The Worm Moon.

The Moon is back in the early evening skies this week, reaching first quarter in the south on March 14.

This week, the early evening skies will be dark and full of stars. A beautiful star cluster called "The Little Beehive" is among many of the fine objects you can find in binoculars.

Under a clear, dark sky, you can see one of the lesser known constellations, Lepus the Hare, being chased by Orion the Hunter.

This month will see the closest full moon of the year on February 19.

With no Moon in the sky, you can see one of the most famous deep sky objects this week.

When the conditions are right, you can see the Northern Lights. But when is the best time to see them?

Venus is now visible in the morning sky before sunrise and it’ll be meeting up with Jupiter this week.

Late on the night of January 20 going into January 21 is the first total eclipse of the Moon seen in the eastern U.S. since 2015.

The Moon appears as a thin crescent low in the west as the week begins, but it will slip a little further eastward each night.

If meteors are your thing, this is the week for you.

You can see one of the most famous star clusters in the sky this week - the Seven Sisters (also known as the Pleiades).

Friday, December 21 marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the moon.