SUNSET: 
Sky at a Glance | May 27th, 2011
Saturn and Porrima form a striking naked-eye "double star" in the south after dusk, with Spica to their lower left and Corvus below them. At dawn, the waning Moon passes the planet lineup low in the east.
Sky at a Glance | May 20th, 2011
The four planets dancing low in the dawn are spreading out and growing a little easier to see. In the evening sky, Saturn awaits your telescope from on high.
Sky at a Glance | May 13th, 2011
The four planets dancing low in the dawn are becoming a little easier to see before sunrise. In the evening sky, Saturn is now highest at a convenient hour.
Sky at a Glance | May 6th, 2011
The dance of four planets low in the dawn reaches its peak this week. In the evening sky, Saturn is high and inviting.
Sky at a Glance | April 29th, 2011
A month-long dance of four planets is becoming visible low in the dawn. In the evening sky, Saturn's white outbreak is breaking out again.
Sky at a Glance | April 22nd, 2011
How long can you track Sirius twinkling in the twilight? After dark, Saturn climbs the southeastern sky with Porrima next it, both awaiting your telescope.
Sky at a Glance | April 15th, 2011
Saturn is climbing higher every evening with Porrima next it. Both await your telescope. And do you know what the Pointers point to backward?
Sky at a Glance | April 8th, 2011
Saturn is now in fine telescopic view, just past opposition. And the waxing Moon occults one of the brightest stars of the year for eastern North America.
Sky at a Glance | April 1st, 2011
Saturn is at opposition this week, glowing in the southeast after dark, while the waxing Moon passes the Pleiades and Hyades in the west at dusk.
Sky at a Glance | March 18th, 2011
Mercury is having a fine showing in the afterglow of sunset, while Orion tilts southwest to signal spring's arrival.
Sky at a Glance | March 11th, 2011
Mercury passes Jupiter low in the west after sunset this week. They appear closest on March 14th and 15th, just 2° apart.
Sky at a Glance | March 4th, 2011
Mercury and the waxing crescent Moon climb higher in the western twilight day by day, while Jupiter sinks lower.
Sky at a Glance | February 18th, 2011
Orion stands highest after dark, four constellation carnivores are marching in parallel, and the Moon triangulates with Saturn and Spica.
Sky at a Glance | February 11th, 2011
Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is back, just as Jupiter is declining in the west after dusk. Orion stands at his highest in early evening, and the Moon waxes to full.
Sky at a Glance | February 4th, 2011
The waxing crescent Moon passes Jupiter in the western evening sky this week, then meets up with the Pleiades. Bright Sirius guides the way to much littler star clusters and, if you're in the latitudes of the southern U.S., Canopus.
Sky at a Glance | January 28th, 2011
With February arriving, not only is Orion high but the Big Dipper is on the way up, Cassiopeia is on the way down, Leo is already making its appearance, and the Northern Cross plants itself upright.
Sky at a Glance | January 21st, 2011
The Winter Hexagon fills the southeast after dark, while Jupiter sinks down on the other side of the sky. And the Moon meets Venus at dawn.
Sky at a Glance | January 14th, 2011
Orion and Sirius are rising higher after dusk, while Jupiter declines on the other side of the sky. And this week the full Moon shines among its perennial January companions.
Sky at a Glance | January 7th, 2011
The waxing Moon passes Jupiter in the evening sky. Venus and Mercury have almost simultaneous elongations in the dawn. And don't miss Saturn's enormous, rapidly evolving white spot!
Sky at a Glance | December 31st, 2010
Orion is up in the evening with Lepus under his feet, while Jupiter sinks in the southwest. Venus blazes before dawn, when Saturn in a telescope displays its rapidly evolving new white spot.
