SUNSET: 
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.
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?
Sky at a Glance | November 18th, 2011
Venus shines low in the twilight, Jupiter blazes high all evening, the Mars-Regulus pair is up after midnight, and the Saturn-Spica pair is up at dawn.
Sky at a Glance | November 18th, 2011
Venus stays up throughout twilight now. Jupiter blazes high all evening, the Mars-Regulus pair is up by midnight, and the Saturn-Spica pair shows at dawn.
Sky at a Glance | November 11th, 2011
Jupiter is still close and big, and it's shining high in the southeast earlier now. The Mars-Regulus pair is up after midnight. And the Saturn-Spica pair has emerged from the dawn.
Sky at a Glance | November 4th, 2011
Jupiter is still essentially as close. big, and bright as at opposition last week. Watch the full Moon pass by it.
Sky at a Glance | October 28th, 2011
Jupiter is at an unusually close opposition, as big as you'll ever see it. Venus and Mercury show themselves together briefly after sunset. And Comet Garradd glows on.
Sky at a Glance | October 21st, 2011
Venus and Mercury briefly peek into view after sunset. On the other side of the sky, blazing white Jupiter has nearly reached its unusually close opposition — and is as big as you'll ever see it.
Sky at a Glance | October 14th, 2011
Jupiter is as big and bright as it will appear this year, and getting higher all the time.
Sky at a Glance | October 7th, 2011
Jupiter is about as big and bright as it will appear this year. Look well to its lower right to catch Mira still in an unusually bright maximum. And the waning gibbous Moon passes Jupiter in the second half of the week.
Sky at a Glance | September 30th, 2011
The waxing Moon returns to the evening sky. The supernova in M101 is reddening now as well as fading. And there's always action at Jupiter.
Sky at a Glance | September 23rd, 2011
Venus and Saturn offer a challenge after sunset. Bright Jupiter shines high by late evening. And the M101 supernova has begun to fade.
Sky at a Glance | September 16th, 2011
Bright Jupiter is up after dark and high by late evening. The Moon is waning now — leaving a dark sky for the persistent supernova in M101 off the Big Dipper's handle.
Sky at a Glance | September 8th, 2011
Jupiter is up high now by late evening. Mercury moves away from Regulus in the morning. And the supernova in M101 is now at its peak brightness!
Sky at a Glance | September 2nd, 2011
Jupiter is up big and bright by late evening. Mercury passes Regulus in the morning. And the supernova in M101 seems to nearing its peak!
Sky at a Glance | August 26th, 2011
Jupiter rises earlier and higher week by week. The crescent Moon returns low in twilight and occults a 2nd-magnitude star. And there's the new supernova in M101....
Sky at a Glance | August 19th, 2011
This week's moonless evenings offer deep-sky opportunities. Vesta is coming into earlier view. Jupiter still blazes high in the wee hours, but a half hour earlier each week.
Sky at a Glance | August 12th, 2011
Jupiter blazes high in the wee hours. Vesta is coming into earlier evening view. And watch Saturn an Spica sink from sight after sunset.
Sky at a Glance | August 5th, 2011
The Moon lines up with Saturn and Spica at dusk, then waxes across the evening sky for the rest of the week. Jupiter blazes high in the wee hours. And the bright asteroid Vesta — accompanied by NASA's DAWN spacecraft! — awaits viewing just past opposition.
