Advertisements Brilliant Venus shines from the eastern sky this morning as it has reached its greatest brilliancy for this morning appearance. It outshines all other starlike objects in the sky. Mars and Jupiter appear to the lower left of Venus. This week watch Mars… Read More ›
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Morning Planets, September 25, 2015
Advertisements Venus is the bright “star” in the predawn sky. Its brilliance can be seen in a clear sky well into morning twilight. Bright Jupiter is now evident low in the east, although Venus is nearly 20 times brighter than Jupiter… Read More ›
Venus, Mars & the moon, September 10, 2015
Advertisements The moon joins Venus and Mars in the morning sky today at 5:15 a.m. CDT as seen from the Chicago area. This morning the planets are about 10 degrees apart and the moon is about 4 degrees from Venus…. Read More ›
Venus and Mars, September 3, 2015
Advertisements Venus is rapidly moving into the morning sky. (This observer first saw Venus on the morning of August 27.) On the morning of September 3, Venus appears about 9 degrees to the lower right of Mars. Venus appears about… Read More ›
A Sky Full of Planets in the Morning Sky, 2015
Advertisements A recent appearance of Mars and Venus Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury appear together in the morning sky during the second half of 2015. Brilliant Venus moves from the evening sky to the morning sky. After the Great Epoch… Read More ›
Venus as a Morning Star, 2015-2016
Advertisements This appearance of Venus has ended. A recent appearance (2012) of Venus with other planets in the morning sky. Venus appears in the morning sky after its spectacular Epoch Conjunction with Jupiter in the summer evening sky in 2015…. Read More ›
August 2015 Sky Watching
Advertisements Sun The days of August lose about 75 minutes of daylight, finishing with about 13 hours, 10 minutes of sunshine. The red line on the chart above shows the length of daylight for each day during the year. The… Read More ›
Venus and Mars, March 2015
Advertisements Brilliant Venus and Mars shine from the western evening skies during March, just after their spectacular conjunction last month. Venus is the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon. During March, Venus climbs higher in the sky. By… Read More ›
Venus, Mars & Jupiter, February 27, 2015
Advertisements Brilliant Venus shines from the western sky this evening with Mars nearby. Venus is now well past Mars. The planets are now nearly 3 degrees apart and separating by about 1 degree each day. At the same time, Jupiter shines… Read More ›
Venus and Mars, February 23, 2015
Advertisements Brilliant Venus and Mars shine from the western sky this evening as seen from the Chicago area. Venus is now past Mars and the pair is separated by less than 1 degree. More posts about the planets: Mars and… Read More ›