Companion Articles: 2017-2019: Mars Observing Year with a Perihelic Opposition, July 27, 2018 2017-2018: Jupiter in the Claws of the Scorpion, A Triple Conjunction 2018:
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2017, July: Saturn
Saturn, the Ringed Wonder, is low in the southeastern sky after sunset. While not a spectacularly bright planet, it is a spectacle through a telescope.
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Venus rises about 2.5 hours before the sun during July, sparkling low in the predawn sky, far outshining all the stars in the sky. During
Read more2017, July: Jupiter
Jupiter is that bright “star” in the southern skies at sunset. The moon appears with it twice during July. On July 1, the waxing crescent
Read more2017-2019: Mars Observing Year with a Perihelic Opposition, July 27, 2018
Update: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, April 10, 2018. Photo Credit: NASA (This article has many details about celestial events with Mars until 2019. Bookmark
Read more2017, June 21: Venus and Moon
That brilliant star above the moon this morning is Venus. The moon is nearly 8 degrees to the lower left of the Morning Star. They
Read more2017, June 20: Venus and Moon
Brilliant Venus and the waning crescent moon sparkle in the eastern morning sky this morning. The two are about 7.5 degrees apart. Notice the night
Read more2017, June 20: Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice, June 20, 2017, 11:24 p.m. CDT. This video explains more about the summer solstice: For more information about sky watching events: 2017,
Read more2017, June: Saturn at Opposition
The Ringed Wonder reaches opposition on the morning of June 15. At this time our planet is between Saturn and the sun. On the evenings
Read more2017, June: Jupiter in Evening Sky
Jupiter is the bright “star” in the southern sky during the early evening hours this month. On June 3, the waning gibbous moon appears about
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