Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more objects or events you can see in the sky.

This week’s small-telescope target is the Black Swallowtail Butterfly Cluster in northern Ophiuchus. This open cluster also goes by the designation IC 4665. It’s OK if you’ve never observed (or even ...

"Astro" Bob King is a freelance writer for the News Tribune. Read more of his work at astrobob.areavoices.com. M7 (left) and M6 along with a portion of the southern Milky Way poke out from between ...

Sunday: At 8:30 p.m., the thin crescent moon is in the west-southwest, but is not especially bright. Without much light from the moon it is a good opportunity to view an open cluster of stars near the ...