With New Moon occurring late tonight at 11:02 P.M. EDT, today is an excellent opportunity for yet more deep-sky observing. This morning, we’re dipping into the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius. This ...

High in the southern sky around 4 A.M. local daylight time is the stunning Swan Nebula (M17), also known as the Omega Nebula. It glides serenely through northern Sagittarius, far above the spout of ...

Skywatching summer’s celestial firmament is awe-inspiring throughout the entire season, but observing beneath August’s skies is particularly gratifying. August is when it all comes together, when the ...

Emission nebulae are the subject of many of the most spectacular astrophotographs published in the last decade. Although there are many subcategories of nebulae, they all consist of interstellar gas ...

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars. Sagittarius C is one of ...

This week in Skywatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius the Archer, one of the zodiac constellations. Not only is Sagittarius easy ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way Galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here ...