Astronomy Bucket List

See a comet in the night sky

Watch a bright comet pass through the sky

See a meteor shower

Watch the Perseids (August) or Geminids (December) shooting stars from a dark location

See the Milky Way galaxy

View our galaxy's core from dark sky locations like Chile's Atacama Desert or Hawaii's Mauna Kea

See an annular solar eclipse

Watch the ring of fire during an annular eclipse

Visit a zero light pollution zone

Experience the night sky in a zero light pollution zone, where stars and the Milky Way are clearly visible

See a total solar eclipse

Experience darkness during a total solar eclipse

See Saturn's rings

Observe Saturn's ice and rock rings through a telescope

See a supermoon

Witness the moon at its closest approach to Earth

See Starlink satellite train

Observe the Starlink satellite train, a line of satellites launched by SpaceX visible from Earth shortly after deployment

See NEOWISE comet

Observe the NEOWISE comet, a rare celestial event visible from Earth

See Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Observe Jupiter's 400-year-old giant storm through a telescope

See a binary star system

Observe two stars orbiting each other through a professional telescope

See a solar prominence

Watch massive solar flares through a specialized solar telescope

See Halley's Comet

Witness Halley's Comet, a periodic comet visible from Earth every 75-76 years, with the next appearance expected in 2061.