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The Coat Hanger asterism, also known as Collinder 399 or Brocchi's Cluster, is located in the constellation of Vulpecula, the little fox.

How to see a cosmic 'Coat Hanger' rise with the little fox in the night sky

By Joe Rao

Small asterisms, or star patterns, are often overlooked. One striking example of this than the Coat Hanger, which is now well placed for evening viewing in the constellation of Vulpecula.

On July 18, 2020, astrophotographer Evan Zucker and his wife, Paula, drove three hours to the Mojave Desert north of Desert Center, California, to see Comet NEOWISE. "The comet itself was an very obvious naked eye object, even all the way down to the horizon, but the ion tail was a challenge to perceive naked eye," Zucker said. They used a Sony a7iii camera with a Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM lens, set to f/1.4 and ISO 800, mounted on a 6-in. Celestron telescope to provide tracking. The single 13-second exposure was processed in Adobe Lightroom and Topaz AI De-Noise.

The curtain is about to come down on Comet NEOWISE

By Joe Rao

The brightest comet to appear in Northern Hemisphere skies in nearly a quarter of a century will soon be ending its run as a naked-eye object.

Astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured this view of Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on July 18, 2020.

Comet NEOWISE is making its closest approach to Earth. Here's how to see it live online.

By Hanneke Weitering

After dusk during July, comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) will be visible low in the northwestern sky as it travels northwest in the sky below the constellation of Ursa Major. Mobile apps can help you find it. This chart shows the comet's path through the sky until mid-August, at 11 p.m. local time. Each night the comet will diminish in brightness — so look for it as soon as possible.

How to spot the bright Comet NEOWISE using mobile apps

By Chris Vaughan

Skywatchers the world over are buzzing about Comet NEOWISE, the first easily-visible comet to appear in years. Your favorite mobile astronomy app can tell you when, where and how to look for it.

Comet NEOWISE shines above a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX posted this photo on Twitter on July 20, 2020.

Comet NEOWISE shines over SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (photo)

By Mike Wall

The gorgeous image shows Comet NEOWISE blazing above a Falcon 9 rocket that's poised to launch South Korea's first military satellite today (July 20).

Comet NEOWISE, as photographed by Joy Ng, a multimedia producer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer

By Chelsea Gohd

Comet NEOWISE has returned to the skies and is delighting skywatchers. So what makes this comet so special?

A close-up view of Jupiter, taken one week after the planet reached opposition in June 2019, reveals detailed cloud bands — and Jupiter's moon Europa!

See Jupiter and Saturn at their brightest this week

By Joe Rao

This week, Jupiter and Saturn appear at their very best, with Jupiter having just arrived at opposition July 14 and Saturn to reach its own opposition July 20.

Comet NEOWISE is seen by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which captured the comet's twin tail on July 5, 2020. The lower, broader tail is the comet’s dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comet’s ion tail.

Replay: See Comet NEOWISE online tonight in a Slooh webcast

By Tariq Malik

You can see Comet NEOWISE online tonight (July 18) in a lvie webcast from Slooh.

Astrophotographer Bill Dunford, a NASA social media specialist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, captured this view of Comet NEOWISE when it was visible in the predawn sky in early July 2020.

How to photograph Comet NEOWISE: NASA tips for stargazers

By Chelsea Gohd

Are you excited to spot Comet NEOWISE as it pops into view in the night sky? Do you want to try your hand at photographing the cosmic snowball?

How to see Comet NEOWISE in the evening sky now. It won't be back for 6,800 years.

By Tariq Malik

Comet NEOWISE is now visible in the evening sky for stargazers. It won't be back for 6,800 years.

Processed data from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows great detail in the twin tails of Comet NEOWISE, as seen on July 5, 2020. The lower, broader tail is the comet’s dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comet’s ion tail.

Dazzling Comet NEOWISE could be an astronomical bonanza

By Mike Wall

Astronomers are buzzing about Comet NEOWISE, which observers under clear, dark skies in the Northern Hemisphere can currently see with the naked eye.

Celestron RASA 8 Gets Ready for Video Astronomy. Light-polluted urban skies challenge astrophotographers on the hunt for deep sky objects. But new super-fast ‘scopes and small-profile video cameras make it possible. Special filters, designed to attenuate the wavelengths of streetlights and other artificial sources, greatly improve your chances. Location: uptown New York City, USA. Sky condition: Class 8 (Bortle Scale).

Video astronomy: Bring the universe to your friends with Celestron's RASA 8 telescope

By David Sky Brody

A new generation of optically "fast" telescopes, connected to compact high-resolution video cameras, is poised to disrupt amateur astronomy — in a good way.

An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows Comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020, shortly after its closest approach to the sun. The sun is out of frame to the left. The small black structure near the lower left of the image is caused by a grain of dust resting on the imager’s lens.

Amazing photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Earth and space

By Space.com Staff

See photos of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, which is bright enough to spot with the naked eye, seen from Earth and space.

This image of comet NEOWISE was captured by NASA’s Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, on June 24, 2020, as the comet approached the sun.

Comet NEOWISE spotted by more NASA spacecraft (video, photos)

By Mike Wall

NASA's Parker Solar Probe isn't the only spacecraft doing some comet watching these days.

Jupiter reaches opposition on July 14, 2020.

See Jupiter at its brightest for 2020 tonight!

By Elizabeth Howell

Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest in the sky tonight (July 14) as the planet reaches opposition, the point in its orbit where it's almost directly opposite the sun in our sky.

Astrophotographer Chris Schur captured this view of Comet NEOWISE F3 from Payson, Arizona before dawn on July 5, 2020.

How to see Comet NEOWISE in the night sky this month

By Joe Rao

The early reviews are in: Comet NEOWISE is a hit!

An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows Comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020, shortly after its closest approach to the sun. The sun is out of frame to the left. The small black structure near the lower left of the image is caused by a grain of dust resting on the imager’s lens.

Dazzling Comet NEOWISE spotted by NASA sun-studying probe (photo)

By Mike Wall

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe has given us a great new look at the gorgeous comet that's been gracing our predawn skies.

Throughout July, Venus will rise about two hours before the sun and then shine prominently in the eastern sky until sunrise. Between July 3 and 12, Venus' orbital motion will carry it eastward and directly through the Hyades star cluster, the large, triangular grouping of stars that forms the face of Taurus, the bull. On July 10, Venus will reach its greatest illuminated extent, at magnitude -4.47, for the current morning apparition.

The 'morning star' Venus is at its brightest for 2020 this week. Here's how to see it.

By Joe Rao

After putting on a great show in our evening sky during the first half of this year, dazzling Venus puts on a spectacular showing for early morning risers for the balance of 2020.

Comet NEOWISE as seen from the International Space Station in a photograph shared by Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner on July 4, 2020.

Comet NEOWISE is 'an awesome sight' from space, astronaut says (video)

By Mike Wall

Comet NEOWISE is starting to put on a show for skywatchers, and not just those of us restricted to Earth's surface.

'Clyde's Spot,' a new storm on Jupiter, is visible in this image in the center as a white maelstrom, just below and to right of the Great Red Spot. Citizen scientist Kevin Gill created this image using data gathered by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno Jupiter orbiter on June 2, 2020.

'Clyde's Spot,' a new storm on Jupiter, discovered by amateur astronomer (photos)

By Mike Wall

NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Juno probe has captured gorgeous imagery of a storm that recently cropped up on the giant planet.