(she/her) 👩🚀 Lisa of Lisa’s Look Up! On Facebook 🐚Jersey Shore🦀 Naturalist🍄 Selenophile🌙 Birds🦉 Bugs🦋 Conservation🐸 stargazer🌌🔭 writer📓 photos 📷 nerd🤓 RASC Halifax & AAAP (Princeton, NJ) member
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tomorrow is JANUARY 2026! Nights slowly getting shorter but still plenty of darkness! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! ❄️☃️
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Wait! What?! Tomorrow is DECEMBER 2025! Nearing Winter Solstice (the longest night of the year) = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! ❄️🌲☃️
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions
* Time shown is in ET, adjust for your timezone
* Other sightings may be visible in your area
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Here we go…NOVEMBER 2025! Longer nights = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! 🍂🦃
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Wow! OCTOBER 2025 is giving lots of reasons to LOOK UP! Start planning now and hope for clear skies!!! 🍁🍂🎃
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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SEPTEMBER 2025 Here we go! Entering the ‘ber months - longer nights = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!!
Look up! 🍎🍏
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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AUGUST 2025 is a month with Star Parties for many! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!!
Look up! 🌻🌞🌕
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Summer Is officiallyilly here! … JULY 2025 is upon us! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! 🌻🐚🍉
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Welcome, JUNE 2025! Soon it will be summer! ☀️🌻🕶️ Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up!
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Hooray! May is here and so are the birds. This beautiful #BaltimoreOriole glistened in the sun this morning, May 1, 2025
Moon with Earthshine and Jupiter
4/30/25 8:25PM EDT
Is it just me or is this year flying by?… MAY 2025 is upon us! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! 🐣🌸🐸
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Saturn too washed out for my “cosmic smile” but any excuse to “Look Up!” is a good enough reason! (And a fun challenge)
Plus, check out how gorgeous Venus and the crescent Moon look!
No foolin’ here… After an eventful month, APRIL 2025 is upon us! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! 🌷☔️
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
#astronomy #astronomyforall #astronomyforbeginners #moon #planet #lisaslookuponfacebook
3/1/25 Happy March.
5% illuminated Moon Waxing Crescent
With Earthshine and Venus (above)
Grab your box of chocolates and step outside! FEBRUARY 2025 is almost here! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! ❤️
Reminders:
* Event dates shown are often "peak" times, remember to check before and after times to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown is in Eastern, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
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Did you see it?
Mars playing hide-and-seek with the Moon
Lunar Occultation of Mars 1/13/25
📷: iPhone 13 Digiscoped
🔭: Celestron NexStar Evolution 8
Celestron Plössel 40 mm eyepiece
📍: Monmouth County, NJ
Sometimes you just have to learn to roll with the clouds in life.
Waxing Crescent Moon (28%) and Venus
1/4/2025
New Jersey
Check out the highlights for 2025…
(Link includes a downloadable copy)