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S&T's Audio Sky Tour for July 2012
This month, you can see a pair of planets before sunrise and another pair after sunset. In each case, one of them is situated near a bright star.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for June 2012
Mars and Saturn are the two bright planets in the evening sky. They're joined by a host of springtime sparklers, including Arcturus (overhead at dusk) and Vega. This month also features the long-awaited transit of Venus and a partial lunar eclipse.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for May 2012
Follow the giant arc of bright planets that leads eastward from the just-set Sun: Venus low in the west, Mars midway up in the south, and Saturn over in the east. Then look overhead for the Big Dipper — the "Swiss Army knife" of the night sky.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for April 2012
April stands to be a great month for planet-watching. Venus and Jupiter are over in the west, Mars is high up in the southeast, and Saturn pairs with the bright star Spica low over the eastern horizon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for November 2011
With the return to Standard Time for North America and Europe, stargazers there can catch some of the evening's offerings before dinnertime. Venus and Jupiter are planetary bookends at sunset, with Venus lurking low in the western twilight just as the King of Planets rises in the east.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for October 2011
This is a month of transition: you can spot the Summer Triangle overhead as darkness falls and the winter mix of Orion, his dogs, and Taurus in the hours before sunrise. Jupiter peaks in brightness this month, and it dominates the sky from dusk until dawn.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for September 2011
This is a month of transition: Summer is making way for autumn, Saturn sets just before Jupiter rises, and Venus is moving from the morning sky before dawn to the evening sky.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for August 2011
This is your last chance to spot Saturn before it sinks into the evening twilight. But there are many other celestial attractions to look for on August evenings.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for July 2011
Look low in the west at sunset to spy fleet Mercury, toward southwest for Saturn, and in the south for red-hued Antares, the "rival of Mars."
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for June 2011
Saturn stands nearly motionless in Virgo all month, as other zodiacal constellations parade to its left and right on these early summer evenings.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for May 2011
Look to the east before dawn for the tightest grouping of four bright planets in decades!
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for April 2011
Look out! Jupiter is no longer ruling the evening sky, and sky critters are on the march in the north, east, and south.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for March 2011
This will be a month of transition, celestially speaking: spring and daylight-saving time arrive for northern skywatchers, Jupiter makes an exit, and Saturn is waiting in the wings.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for January 2011
The New Year opens with a partial solar eclipse, a great meteor shower, and a canopy of bright stars and planets overhead.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for February 2011
February brings into view Orion and his faithful hunting dogs, a set of constellations that sparkle with bright, colorful stars.
S&T's Audio Sky Tour for December 2010
As bright Jupiter looks on, one of the grand tales of celestial mythology is playing out overhead during December evenings. Host: S&T's Kelly Beatty.
