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What's Up
The What's Up monthly skywatching guide is NASA's longest running web video series.
What's Up for September 2024
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What’s Up: September 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A partial lunar eclipse makes the full supermoon on Sept. 17th extra super. Also, chances to observe five planets this month, and a global night for observing.
![Meteors are seen as streaks of light coming from a central point in the sky. Trees are in the foreground of the image.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/perseids-radiant-credit-preston-dyches-cc-by-nc-2-0.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
What’s Up: August 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Two planets meet for a super close conjunction, the Perseid meteor shower peaks, and look for the Lagoon Nebula – a stellar nursery in Sagittarius.
![A picture of the night sky in Skull Valley Utah from June 2021 shows the constellation Scorpius to the upper right of the silhouette of a desert butte. The dark blue sky is filled with countless bright stars. Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/stargazing16x9.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
What’s Up: July 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What to Look for in July The scorpion’s star clusters, and Mars reveals elusive Uranus Follow the tail of Scorpius to locate star clusters M6 and M7, let Mars guide you to observe planet Uranus, and see the Moon gather…
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About the What's Up production team
"What's Up" is NASA's longest running web video series. It had its first episode in April 2007 with original host Jane Houston Jones. Today, Preston Dyches, Christopher Harris, and Lisa Poje are the space enthusiasts who produce this monthly video series at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Additional astronomy subject matter guidance is provided by JPL's Bill Dunford, Lyle Tavernier, and the Night Sky Network's Kat Troche.
The What's Up team celebrates the memory of Gary Spiers, who provided astronomy observing guidance for the series for many years.