SUNSET: 
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for March2012
Venus and Jupiter form a dazzling pair after sunset, but they're just the opening act in a sky full of bright planets and late-winter stars.
Tour March's Sky! | February 28th, 2012
Venus and Jupiter form a dazzling pair after sunset, but they're just the opening act in a sky full of bright planets and late-winter stars.
Sky at a Glance | February 24th, 2012
The Moon pairs up with Venus at dusk, then with Jupiter. Far to their lower right, Mercury is having its best evening appearance for 2012.
Sky at a Glance | February 10th, 2012
Bright Venus and Jupiter are closing in on each other a little more each day. Mars is almost as big and bright as it's going to get. And the waning Moon passes Saturn.
Sky at a Glance | February 3rd, 2012
Venus and Jupiter in the dusk are now 30° apart and closing. On the other side of the sky, the Moon marches much faster toward Mars.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for February 2012
The sky's brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, serve as anchors in a wintertime sky full of bright stars and familiar constellations.
Tour February's Sky! | February 1st, 2012
The sky's brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, serve as anchors in a wintertime sky full of bright stars and familiar constellations.
Sky at a Glance | January 27th, 2012
Venus blazes high at dusk. The bright Moon passes Jupiter, then shines over Orion. And Mars and Saturn rise ever earlier in the night.
Sky at a Glance | January 20th, 2012
Jupiter is shrinking, Mars is growing, Orion stands high, and the waxing crescent Moon will soon pass Venus.
Sky at a Glance | January 13th, 2012
Venus and Jupiter slowly draw toward each other. The Winter Hexagon looms large over the evening world. And the waning Moon shines in early dawn.
Eclipses in 2013
This year features two "central" eclipses of the Sun: an annular in May (visible from Australia and the South Pacific) and a "hybrid" (annular/total) in November that you'll have to travel to Africa to see.
Tour January's Sky! | December 30th, 2011
With every New Year, millions of us resolve to do something, anything, different or better in the coming year. So let's resolve to get outside and enjoy the night sky more. Venus, Jupiter, and a host of winter stars await you.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for January 2012
With every New Year, millions of us resolve to do something, anything, different or better in the coming year. So let's resolve to get outside and enjoy the night sky more. Venus, Jupiter, and a host of winter stars await you.
Sky at a Glance | December 30th, 2011
Venus and Jupiter light the evenings as the new year arrives. Having already left Venus behind, the waxing Moon now passes Jupiter.
Meteor Showers in 2012
Sky & Telescope predicts that 2012's best meteor shower should be the Quadrantids in January, but this will also be a good year for the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December.
Sky at a Glance | December 23rd, 2011
Venus and the crescent Moon highlight Christmas Week twilights. And after ringing in the New Year, step outside for Sirius at the meridian.
Sky at a Glance | December 16th, 2011
As fall finally turns to winter on the Longest Night this week, Venus and Jupiter light the evening sky and Orion shines through the many hours of darkness.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for December 2011
Venus lurks low in the western twilight after sunset. But after it gets good and dark, swing around to the east to see dazzling Jupiter, the King of Planets, amid a tower of brilliant early-winter stars that extends from the horizon to overhead.
Sky at a Glance | December 9th, 2011
Venus is easier to spot in twilight. Jupiter dominates the night. And the Geminid meteors peak on the nights of the 13th and 14th, though moonlight interferes.
Sky at a Glance | December 2nd, 2011
Venus and Jupiter both continue moving higher in the evening. And will you be positioned to see the eclipse of December's full Moon?
