SUNSET: 
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 4 – 12
Mars shines to the left or lower of the Moon early Saturday evening. On Tuesday, the Moon is in Aquarius - look to its left for Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 28 – November 5
In twilight Friday evening, Saturn, Venus, and Antares form a nearly vertical, curving line low in the southwest. Watch the configuration change this week.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 21 – 29
Saturn and Antares form a compact triangle with Venus, low in the southwest at dusk on Friday. The modest Orionid meteors continue before dawn Saturday.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 7 – 15
Jupiter and fainter Mercury have a close conjunction on Tuesday morning, October 11th. Look low due east about 45 minutes before your local sunrise time.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 30 – October 8
A twilight challenge: About half an hour after your local sunset time, look for Venus very low in the west-southwest through the twilight.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 23 – October 1
The "W" of Cassiopeia stands high in the northeast after dark. In the southwest at dusk, Saturn and Antares continue to pull farther to the right of Mars.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 16 – 24
Parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia will see a penumbral lunar eclipse Friday. Eclipse or no, look for the Great Square of Pegasus to the Moon's upper left.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 9 – 17
First-quarter Moon shines over Mars Friday evening. The triangle of Mars, Saturn, and Antares, continues to lengthen as summer nears its end.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 2 – 10
A Friday twilight challenge: Shortly after sunset, use binoculars to look for the super-thin crescent Moon near Jupiter and Venus just above the horizon.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 26 – September 3
Venus-Jupiter conjunction on Saturday: about 20 minutes after sunset, look above the western horizon, left of where the Sun went down. Bring binoculars.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 19 – 27
Summer is on the decline, temperatures notwithstanding: when darkness falls, Cassiopeia has now risen as high in the northeast as the Big Dipper has sunk in the northwest.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 12 – 20
This Friday, look lower right of the waxing gibbous Moon for the ever-changing Saturn-Mars-Antares triangle. Full Moon on Wednesday night.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 5 – 13
The crescent Moon poses with Jupiter low in the west in twilight Friday. Early next week, Mars passes 0.9° beneath Delta Scorpii, the brightest star in the head of Scorpius.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 29 – August 6
As summer goes on, Scorpius shifts westward from its high southern stance just after dark; Sagittarius moves in from the east. Prime time for Messier objects!
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 22 – 30
Starry Scorpius is sometimes called "the Orion of Summer" for its brightness, its blue-giant stars, and its 1st-magnitude red supergiant (Antares).
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 15 – 23
The Moon shines over Mars, Saturn, and Antares at dusk. And after Saturday's sunset, use binoculars to look for Venus — with fainter Mercury a bit above.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 8 – 16
The waxing crescent Moon shines in the west at dusk on Friday. Jupiter is the bright "star" at its upper left (for North America).
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 1 – 9
Is your sky dark enough to see the Coma Berenices star cluster naked-eye? Spot Jupiter in the west after twilight this week and the cluster just above.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 24 – July 2
This is the time of year when the two brightest stars of summer, Arcturus and Vega, hang about equally high overhead shortly after dark: Arcturus in the southwest, Vega in the east.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 17 – 25
The Moon, Mars, and Saturn make a wide, flattish triangle Friday night. At nightfall, look for the Big Dipper hanging straight down in the northwest.
