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Photograph of Saturn against a dark background, seen nearly edge-on with its ring system stretching horizontally across the globe and casting a thin shadow band on the planet. The pale gold and tan cloud bands are visible, with a bright white storm feature swirling in the planet's southern hemisphere.

October 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

Photograph of Saturn against a black background, tilted so its northern hemisphere faces the viewer with wide ring system encircling it. The planet's disk shows subtle bands of tan, cream, and pale gold, with a darker hexagonal-tinted region visible near the north pole. The rings display distinct concentric divisions, including a prominent dark gap, and cast a soft shadow onto the upper part of the globe.

October 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

A pale blue Neptune centered against a dark gray background, showing faint darker banding and a bright wispy cloud feature near its equator.

September 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

Bright Venus and the star Spica shine close together in a twilight sky over the Salish Sea, above a colorful orange-to-blue sunset gradient, with silhouetted rocky shoreline, a house, and distant mountains reflected in the calm water below.

September 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

A side-by-side pair of lunar eclipse images. On the left, a total solar eclipse shows the Moon as a black disc surrounded by the Sun's white corona, with several pink solar prominences visible along the edge. On the right, a total lunar eclipse shows the Moon glowing in deep red and orange hues — a "blood moon" — with a bright sliver of normal white moonlight still visible along the upper right edge.

August 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

A twilight photograph taken along a narrow urban canal, with rows of silhouetted terraced buildings lining both sides and their lit windows glowing warm orange. Venus shines as a bright point of light in the deep blue evening sky above the center of the scene. A string of red pathway lights and a bright white light reflect off the still water of the canal below.

August 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

Photograph showing the close conjunction of bright Venus with the star Regulus in Leo at dawn on October 3, 2020.

July 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

July 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

Two bright planets — Venus and Jupiter — shine as close points of light in a deep blue twilight sky above an illuminated city skyline at dusk. The city's skyscrapers, tower, and sprawling lights glow against a gradient sky that fades from deep blue above to lighter blue near the horizon, with low clouds hugging the rooftops.

June 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

A twilight photograph taken from the shore of a calm lake, looking toward a park with trees, streetlights, and a tall flagpole silhouetted against a deep blue and orange dusk sky. Three planets — Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter — are visible as bright points of light in the sky, with two clustered close together near the horizon and one higher up. Their reflections shimmer faintly in the still water below, which is dotted with aquatic plants.

June 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?

May 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

May 2026: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?