What to See in the Summer Sky: The Moon, Planets and Deep Sky Objects for July, August and September

This is your guide to the Moon, Planets and Deep Sky Objects this summer! We will take a look at what the summer sky has to offer for July, August and September. This includes, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Vega, Hercules, the Milky Way and many more! App: SkySafari 6 Plus Music: “Chilltronic” by RKVC “The […]

The Moon in 4K

Sit back, relax and give yourself some space with beautiful 4K video of our closest neighbor, the Moon! As I started to record with my iPhone X some clouds began to pass over and created an interesting view that I decided to keep in the video. If you enjoyed this please consider liking the video, […]

How to Align a Finder Scope in 3 Easy Steps. Important Telescope Maintenance!

In today’s video we will take a look at 3 easy steps to align the finder scope for your telescope. A properly aligned finder scope will greatly decrease your frustration and increase the amount of objects you can find in during a night of observing! Follow Late Night Astronomy on: http://www.instagram.com/latenightastronomy http://www.twitter.com/latenightastro http://www.youtube.com/latenightastronomy

Space Station Flyover with SpaceX Dragon Endeavour through a Telescope

With Dragon Endeavour docked to the ISS, I thought no time would be greater than now to make my first attempt at imaging the ISS. To know that five people are currently living on this station as it soars overhead and orbits the Earth every 90 minutes is incredible! How I took the video: After […]

How to find Mercury at Sunset

Mercury is a tough planet to see because it only pokes it’s head above the horizon for a few weeks each year after sunset. In today’s video, we are going to look at the best opportunity to view Mercury this year coming up in early June! Follow Late Night Astronomy on: http://www.instagram.com/latenightastronomy http://www.twitter.com/latenightastro http://www.youtube.com/latenightastronomy

How to find Jupiter this Summer

This summer we will have some incredible views of our largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. In today’s video we are going to take a look at when and where you need to look to find this planet from June through September. After this we will talk about the most useful magnifications to view […]

I Built a PC For Astrophotography

In this video, I’ll show you my first PC build dedicated to astrophotography and video editing. It was a great experience putting this system together and I hope this video helps you figure out what might work best for a similar build of your own. Here are all of the specific parts for this build: […]

Let’s Observe Venus Together

Tonight, we are going to go out and observe one of the brightest objects in the night sky, Venus. This is a fairly easy and enjoyable sight to see through binoculars, telescope or just the naked eye. Please join me as we explore this beautiful target in the night sky and let me know about […]

How to find Comet Swan

As Comet Atlas breaks apart, Comet Swan enters the neighborhood! This May, Comet Swan has the potential to be an interesting target to explore in the sky just before sunrise. In this video, I’ll take you through “SkySafari Plus” to show you what parts of the sky Comet Swan will be traveling through as it […]

How to see the Lyrid Meteor Shower

In this video, I will show you where and when to look to see the Lyrid Meteor Shower. This year, the peak of the shower is going to be on the night of April 21 and into the early morning of April 22. Expect to see anywhere from 10 to 20 meteors an hour with […]