Night Sky Tonight

Venus can be found in the early morning sky climbing higher as the days go on. The planet is now in the constellation of Taurus the Bull near the star cluster: Hyades in the night sky tonight.

Jupiter rises around an hour after sunset becoming the most conspicuous object in the evening sky. If you have a telescope, you can watch the four moons of Jupiter with their shadows dancing around the clouds on Jupiter. You can download an almanac of the moons and their times going around Jupiter.

Saturn rises after Jupiter making the duo a conspicuous sight in the night sky. As we pass on the inside of Saturn, it will begin its move to the west. Maybe that is why the ancients thought the planets were gods.

Mars with its reddish hue rising after Jupiter and Saturn around midnight and getting brighter.

The familiar three stars that make the summer triangle show up now. Vega the brightest of the three followed by Deneb and Aquila. This asterism begins to rise from the east horizon gaining height each night.

Look to the north as you find the prominent Big Dipper sliding down in the Northwest like it is spilling its contents. Take the two stars marking the outer part of the bowl and draw a line till you see a star to the north. This is the North Star ((Polaris).