Earthsky Tonight —May 3, Can you see Aldebaran near Venus?
Don't tarry when looking for Venus, for this blazing beauty follows the sun beneath the horizon roughly two hours after sunset.
Earthsky Tonight — April 16, Moon between Venus and Pleiades
The slender waxing crescent moon sits between the blazing planet Venus and the Pleiades star cluster.
Earthsky Tonight — April 8, Mercury at greatest evening elongation
This evening, Mercury reaches its greatest angular distance east of the sun. Asteroid to fly by within moon’s orbit on Thursday
Earthsky Tonight — April 3, 2010: Mercury and Venus closest for year
Have you seen the planet Mercury after sunset yet? If not, what are you waiting for? The first week of April presents your best chance to catch Mercury in all…
Earthsky Tonight – March 31, 2010 Mercury and Venus in same binocular field after sunset
If you have never seen the planet Mercury before, now is time to do so. Find the planet Venus in the western twilight after sunset, and you are pretty much…
Tonight, the waning gibbous moon beams near two bright and beautiful stars
Tonight, the waning gibbous moon beams near two bright and beautiful stars, Arcturus and Spica.
Earthsky Tonight — March 18: Venus in Pisces, moon in Aries
Tonight, as soon as it gets dark, the waxing crescent moon can help you locate the small constellation Aries the Ram. Look to the west, just above the place where…