Category: Public Observing
![Adler Planetarium infographic that reads “HAPPY FALL” in celebration of the autumnal equinox on September 22, 2024. Yellow/orange cartoon leaves create a wreath around the text atop a dark blue background with hand drawn stars. “#LOOK UP” is in the bottom left corner with the Adler Planetarium’s yellow logo in the bottom right corner.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/240922_LookUp_IG_1080x1080-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: September 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout September, 2024? Learn how to see the harvest Moon, the lunar eclipse, Chicagohenge, and the planets.
![A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, August 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Perseid-Meteor-Shower-2021-NASA-Bill-Ingals-Crop-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: August 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout August, 2024? Learn how to see the Perseid meteor shower, a Mars Jupiter conjunction, the blue Moon, and more!
![A silhouette of a person kneeling in front of a telescope, aimed at the night sky. The background shows a dark blue night sky with dim stars in the distance.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_Skywatch-July-2406_-Header-Image-2-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: July 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout July, 2024? Learn about aphelion and how to see the planets, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury.
![A cartoon Sun with sunglasses is hugging a smiling cartoon Earth in an Adler Planetarium infographic celebrating the 2024 summer solstice.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/240620_LookUp_1080x1080-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: June 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout June, 2024? Learn about the summer solstice and how to see the planets, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury.
![An enhanced image of the constellation Boötes the Herdsman, with the lines between the stars drawn to show the constellation. Boötes the Herdsman will be visible in the east-southeast sky in May, 2024.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Boötes-the-Herdsman-Constellation-Blog-Header-2405-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: May 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout May, 2024? Learn how to see Saturn, Mars, Mercury, and bright stars like Fomalhaut, Arcturus, and Spica.
![One person standing in front of a gray van with "Adler Planetarium" written on the van door and another person sitting inside the driver's seat of the van. In the background is the Adler Planetarium with a cloudy blue sky and a circular yellow logo with a gray car and "Astro Road Trip" written on it.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/PublicObserving_AstroRoadTrip_1_23-655x504.png)
Astro Road Trip Brings Adler Planetarium Telescope Programming To Towns Across Southern Illinois Ahead Of The Total Solar Eclipse
Astro Road Trip brings telescope programming to communities across Southern Illinois in preparation for the April 8, 2024!
![The "diamond ring" phenomena occurs just before totality occurs, during a total solar eclipse. Image credit: Rick Fienberg / TravelQuest International / Wilderness Travel](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/DiamondRing2009-RickFienberg-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: April 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout April , 2024? Learn about the total solar eclipse, the Lyrid meteor shower, Earth Day, and more.
![The penumbral lunar eclipse as seen in Sun Valley, Idaho, on November 30, 2020. Image credit: Nils Ribi via Earthsky.org, edited by the Adler Planetarium.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Penumbral-Eclipse-Nils-Ribi-via-EarthSky.org_-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: March 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout March, 2024? Learn about the spring equinox, the penumbral lunar eclipse, and what planets you can see in March.
![the traditional New Moon, the earliest visible waxing crescent, which signals the start of a new month in many lunar and lunisolar calendars. Image credit: NASA Goddard](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/new-moon-goddard-655x504.jpeg)
Adler Skywatch: February 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout February, 2024? Learn about why we can’t see the supermoon, the snow Moon, visible planets, and Leap Day!
![Person looking through telescope, observing two bright objects in the sky at dusk.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/January-Skywatch-Header-655x504.png)
Adler Skywatch: January 2024
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout January, 2024? Learn about perihelion, the Quadrantids meteor shower and the planets this month!