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Mars, Saturn, and Antares in early July

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Tour July's Sky: Planets on Parade

Sky & Telescope's astronomy podcast takes you on a guided tour of the night sky. In early evening look for Jupiter in the southwest, with Mars and Saturn embedded in Scorpius toward south.

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Tour June's Sky: Three Planets at Nightfall

Sky & Telescope's astronomy podcast takes you on a guided tour of the night sky. After the Sun sinks from view, enjoy watching Mars and Saturn near Scorpius in the southeast and Jupiter near Leo well up in the southwest.

Evening sky on May 8th_300px

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Tour May's Sky: Jupiter Leads the Way

Sky & Telescope's astronomy podcast takes you on a guided tour of the night sky. Watch for Mars and Saturn near Scorpius before dawn and Jupiter near Leo after sunset.

Viewing Mercury in April 2016

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Tour April's Sky: Morning & Evening Planets

This month's astronomy podcast takes you on a guided tour of the night sky. You'll find Mars and Saturn near each other before dawn, while Jupiter and Mercury join the fading constellations of winter in the evening sky after sunset.

Jupiter and Leo in early March

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Tour March's Sky: Jupiter Ascending

After months of excitement in the predawn sky, the action is shifting to the evening — where Jupiter rises early and the stars of Orion anchor an array of celestial sights.

Venus-Mercury-Moon in early February 2016

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Tour February's Sky: Five Planets at Dawn!

This month's audio sky tour starts before dawn, when you can spot all five bright planets by eye, and moves to the sparkling stars seen on winter evenings.

Venus-Saturn pairing on January 9, 2016.

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Tour January's Sky: Venus & Saturn Pair Up

The first month of 2016 offers a close pairing of Venus and Saturn before dawn, a strong meteor shower, and a parade of bright stars after sunset.

Predawn planets on Dec 6-7_f

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Tour December's Sky: Planets and Meteors

This month offers great variety in the night sky: planets (and a comet!) before dawn, a strong meteor shower, and a parade of bright stars after sunset.

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Tour November's Sky: Treats at Dawn & Dusk

Bright planets are putting on a show in the predawn sky, and evenings feature a mythical horse flying upside-down across the sky.

Moon-Jupiter-Mars on October 9th

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Tour October's Sky: Predawn Planet Pileup

Early risers will be treated to wonderful groupings of bright planets, and evening sky offers excellent stargazing as well.

Before dawn in September 2015

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Tour September's Sky: A Lunar Eclipse!

This month's stargazing features pretty planetary treats in the eastern sky before dawn — and the last total lunar eclipse visible until 2018.

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Tour August's Sky: Saturn & Scorpius

If you want to do some casual stargazing this month, you'll get great views of Scorpius and Saturn in the south — and the impressive Perseid meteor shower.

Saturn amid the stars of Scorpius

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Tour July's Sky: Saturn and the Scorpion

Stargazing in July is warm and pleasant. After sunset Venus and Jupiter are together in the west and Saturn is low in the south amid the stars of Scorpius.

Moon-Venus-Jupiter_June20

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Tour June's Sky: An Epic Planet Pairing

Watch as the two brightest planets — Venus and Jupiter — edge closer together and culminate on June 30th with a dramatically close pairing.

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Tour May's Sky: Planet Trifecta

The three brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn — grace our evening skies this month. Elusive Mercury makes a brief appearance too!

Evening stars for April 2015

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Tour April's Sky: Critters on the March

The stars of northern winter linger in the west as celestial bears, a lion, and a snake climb in the east. Meanwhile, Jupiter and Venus sparkle overhead.

The stars of Orion's Belt

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Tour March's Sky: Orion and His Belt

As we transition between seasons, Orion rides high in the evening sky — easily found by spotting the row of three bright stars in his Belt.

Moon and Jupiter on February 3rd

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Tour February's Sky: Two Conjunctions

Some of the prettiest nighttime sights involve the close pairing of two solar-system bodies, and February features events with the Moon and Jupiter, then Venus and Mars.

Pleiades Cluster (Seven Sisters)

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Tour January's Sky: The Pleiades

Our downloadable monthly podcast offers highlights for stargazing in January, how to find the planets, and a special look at the Pleiades star cluster

Orion rising

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Tour December's Sky: Orion Rising

Our monthly podcast offers the key highlights for stargazing in December: where to find bright stars and planets — and how to spot the Geminid meteor shower.