Jamie Carter Look to the south after sunset tonight for one of the night sky's most beautiful sights ... photo instead of the normal pitch-black background," McCarthy told Space.com in an email.

If you find yourself under clear skies on a winter night, look up ... this only adds more luster to that part of the sky containing the beautiful wintertime constellations.” ...

On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful ... to move against the star background, then a Venus ...

Located in Sextans, you’ll find this galaxy still 25° high in the southwest 90 minutes after sunset, in a region to the lower left of Mars in the evening sky. To locate the Spindle, first find ...

one of the most beautiful open star clusters in the night sky. A fiery red Mars aligns with the Full Moon.

You might have better luck spotting the ice giant in the evening sky, some 40° high ... though the brighter background sky due to the still-nearby Moon may make it a bit more challenging than ...