09/11/2026
Dark Skies HATTERAS!! The sky has been amazing!
THE NEXT 4 NIGHTS MAY SHOW YOU MORE OF THE UNIVERSE THAN THE LAST 4 WEEKS.
Tomorrow, September 11, brings the New Moon.
For several nights around it, moonlight will be almost completely absent from the evening sky. That does not make objects brighter. It makes the sky behind them darker, restoring the contrast your eyes need to notice faint details.
Here is your dark-sky window:
SEPTEMBER 10 — Start tonight
SEPTEMBER 11 — New Moon
SEPTEMBER 12 — Dark-sky night
SEPTEMBER 13 — Dark-sky night
SEPTEMBER 14 — Final strong evening window
Use these nights for the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, faint star clusters, and any first attempt at astrophotography.
The most important tool is not a telescope.
It is darkness.
Save this calendar for the next four nights.
