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NICK STROBEL: Geminid meteor shower on tap
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NICK STROBEL: Geminid meteor shower on tap

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Dec 6, 2025

Tonight, the waning gibbous moon will be near Jupiter and Gemini's brightest star, Pollux, to form an isosceles triangle with Pollux at the to…

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NICK STROBEL: Leonids to put on show
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NICK STROBEL: Leonids to put on show

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Nov 15, 2025

Monday morning is the peak of the Leonid meteor shower, which usually puts on a good show of 10 to 15 meteors per hour. This year will be espe…

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NICK STROBEL: Planets on move in night sky
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NICK STROBEL: Planets on move in night sky

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Nov 1, 2025

In this evening's southeastern sky, you'll see a bright waxing gibbous moon to the upper right of Saturn. Both of them are at the western edge…

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NICK STROBEL: Keep eyes on sky for Orionid meteor shower
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NICK STROBEL: Keep eyes on sky for Orionid meteor shower

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Oct 18, 2025

In Sunday morning’s pre-dawn sky, you’ll see a very thin waning crescent moon right next to brilliant Venus. The moon will be to the right of …

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NICK STROBEL: Summer Triangle in full view
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NICK STROBEL: Summer Triangle in full view

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Oct 4, 2025

Tomorrow evening will see Saturn and a waxing gibbous moon rising together in the southeast at sunset. Saturn will be bright enough to see it …

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NICK STROBEL: Start of fall, solar eclipse on tap
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NICK STROBEL: Start of fall, solar eclipse on tap

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Sep 20, 2025

Last weekend, the clouds and Garnet wildfire smoke did not obscure the skies above Sequoia National Park for the annual Dark Sky Festival. Har…

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NICK STROBEL: Moon in spotlight this month
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NICK STROBEL: Moon in spotlight this month

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Sep 6, 2025

Tonight and tomorrow night, the moon will be at nearly the same full moon phase. At 11:09 a.m. Sunday, the moon will be directly lined up with…

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NICK STROBEL: Keep eyes on sky for show in evening
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NICK STROBEL: Keep eyes on sky for show in evening

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Aug 23, 2025

For the first part of August, the sights to see in the sky were for the early risers. In this last week of August, the sight to check out is i…

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NICK STROBEL: Pegasus, planets put on show in sky
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NICK STROBEL: Pegasus, planets put on show in sky

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Aug 9, 2025

This coming week is going to offer some beautiful sights in the night sky. On Monday evening, a waning gibbous moon rises about 25 minutes bef…

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NICK STROBEL: Enjoy a celestial showing this month
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NICK STROBEL: Enjoy a celestial showing this month

  • BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian
  • Jul 19, 2025

Mars is low in the west on the left side of Leo in the early evening. The planet drops down too low to see a bit after 10 p.m. At that time, t…

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