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Comet Pan‑STARRS Reaches Perihelion Sunday, Closing a Brief Pre‑Dawn Viewing Window

Perihelion marks a short viewing peak for northern skywatchers.

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Under Bright Supermoon

Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight Into Early Monday Under New-Moon, Solstice Skies

Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight With Best Viewing Before Dawn

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13–14 With Dark Skies and Up to 150 Meteors an Hour

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Predawn Nov. 17 Under Dark, Moonlight-Free Skies

Twin Comets Lemmon and SWAN Light Up Northern Skies as Brief Viewing Window Peaks

Comet Lemmon Makes Closest Approach Oct. 20–21 With Prime Viewing Under New Moon

Twin Green Comets Enter Prime Viewing Week Before Closest Approaches

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday With Best Views After Dusk in Northern Skies

8% Crescent Moon Meets Mars Low in the West Tonight

Six-Planet Parade Visible Before Dawn as Mercury Hits Greatest Elongation

Six-Planet Parade Continues as Mercury Rises and Moon Approaches

Waning Gibbous Moon Threatens Perseid Meteor Peak, Observers Advised to Chase Earthgrazers and Livestreams

Venus and Jupiter to Converge Under One Degree on August 12 Pre-Dawn Sky

Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower to Span July 12–August 23