Look Up! The Stars Of The Autumn Sky Are Here!

The Northern Hemisphere welcomed autumn as the sky has undergone the season's changes, and if you are an avid stargazer, you might have noticed these transformations.

Stars like Vega, Altair and Deneb, or the "Summer Triangle," are still visible in the fall, but constellations like Piscis Austrinus and Aquarius truly shine during the season.


The main star in Piscis Austrinus is all the more eye-catching: silvery-white Fomalhaut (Arabic for the mouth of the whale), which ranked 18th brightest star in the sky and the only true first magnitude star of autumn.

Fomalhaut, somewhat isolated, lies in an empty region of the autumn skies, and is sometimes referred to as "The Solitary One."

In the western sky, star groups and our beautiful Milky Way galaxy are still visible, but the appearance of the brilliant star Capella ascending above the northeast horizon in the evening hours will become more and more clear during the chillier nights to come.


Over the upcoming weeks, the constellation Orion and his neighbors will be dominating the evening skies, paving the way for the winter season to come.


So take to the night skies folks, gaze up while lying outside is still bearable and just enjoy the celestial light show!