A triple planet spectacular this month May 10: An annular Eclipse will occur in Australia May 11 and 12: At dusk a beautiful thin crescent moon will lie below Jupiter on May 11 and will move to the upper left of Jupiter on May 12. Venus starts to appear in the evening sky, close to the horizon, [...]
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by Kim Malville Almanac Jupiter, in the constellation of Taurus, dominates the evening skies. Later in the month Saturn will be easily visible, moving retrograde toward Spica. April 12-14: Watch the crescent moon move through the sky, past the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and finally Jupiter April 22: Lyrid Meteor Shower: This collection of meteors coming out [...]
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by Kim Malville Almanac Jupiter continues to dominate the evening skies. It is in the constellation of Taurus close to Aldebaran, the red eye of the Bull. A large trapezoid is formed by Jupiter, Aldebaran, Betelguese and Capella. March 1-2: Saturn rises about 11pm close to the waning moon, and they travel together throughout the [...]
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by Kim Malville Almanac Jupiter reigns supreme throughout the month, setting around midnight. It ceased its retrograde motion on January 30 and now glides smoothly to the east, moving away from the Pleiades, toward Aldebaran. Saturn rises about two hours after Jupiter sets. February 1-10: The first ten days of February is a great time [...]
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Skies Over Crestone by Kim Malville Almanac Jupiter continues to dominate the evening skies, brighter than any star in the sky. It is below the Pleiades star cluster and above red Aldebaran the blood-hot eye of the Taurus, the Bull. Jupiter keeps moving retrograde (westward) until January 30. January 2: On this day the earth is [...]
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by Kim Malville Almanac December 2: Jupiter will be in opposition to the Sun, rising at sunset, reaching its highest at midnight, and setting at sunrise. This will be one of the closest passages to Earth in Jupiter’s 12-year orbit, and the giant planet will dominate our night skies. Jupiter will be in Taurus, above [...]
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by Kim Malville Sky Almanac Mars is low on the southwestern horizon at sunset. Jupiter rises soon after sunset. At the beginning of the month at 10pm look for Jupiter as it cruises through the constellation of Taurus. Venus is spectacular well before dawn and moves past Spica in mid-month. November 1: The moon and [...]
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by Kim Malville Sky Almanac Before the chill of winter sets in, October is a good month for meteor-watching. There are two meteor showers this month, streaming out of the constellations of Orion and Taurus. The Taurids come from a very broad stream of comet debris and the shower runs throughout October, November and part [...]
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by Kim Malville Sky almanac Mars and Saturn appear low in the western skies after sunset. Mars is moving eastward in the constellation of Libra toward Scorpio. Saturn is moving slowly eastward in Virgo. Jupiter rises in the late evening in Taurus. Brilliant Venus rises well before the sun and is about one-third of the [...]
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Sky Almanac Aug 5, 11:31pm: Tear yourself away from Greco-Roman wrestling and fencing to watch the descent of Curiosity onto the surface of Mars. It’s going to be a cliff-hanger! Aug 11-12: Perseid meteor shower should be best after midnight when Perseus rises above the horizon. You should be able to see one or two [...]
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Sky Almanac Pairs of planets grace our evening and morning skies. At dusk Mars and Saturn lie near the star Spica. Before dawn Venus and Jupiter are close to Aldebaran and the Pleiades. Throughout the month there will be a dramatic rush of Mars toward Saturn and Spica. July 3: The full moon of July is [...]
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Sky Almanac Throughout May, the gorgeous and stunning planet named after the Goddess of Beauty, Venus, dominated the evening skies. In mid-month it plummeted toward the western horizon. On June 1 it will be barely visible. Then on June 5 it will be moving across the disk of the sun, as a small dark dot, [...]
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by Kim Malville Sky almanac Venus dominates the evening skies, remaining visible until 11:30 at the start of the month. But, once achieving its greatest height, it falls rapidly throughout May. At the start of the month Venus is 36° above the horizon, and at the end it will have fallen to 6° above the [...]
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by Kim Malville Almanac April 1: Venus dominates the western sky in the evening throughout the month. Perhaps you have been watching Jupiter and Venus, which have been flirting with each other during March. Jupiter will be dropping closer to the horizon and become hard to see at the end of April. April 2-3: Venus [...]
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