The Sky This Week from May 19 to 26: Deep-sky delights

The Sky This Week from May 19 to 26: Deep-sky delights

[ad_1] This true-color image shows off the stunning Lagoon Nebula (M8), taken with a Celestron 8-inch scope. Credit: Dylan O’Donnell Friday, May 19The Moon reaches its New phase at 11:53 A.M. EDT, leaving a perfectly dark sky overhead for us to seek out fainter...
The Sky This Week from May 19 to 26: Deep-sky delights

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon will become second Artemis lander

[ad_1] Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin “Once in a Blue Moon” may not apply to lunar exploration, it seems: NASA announced May 19 that Blue Origin’s Blue Moon will be the second lunar lander design for the Artemis program. Intended for the...