Advertisements November 2016 Sky Watching Venus as an Evening Star, 2016-2017 Chart and Image Collection The Venus-Mars Encounter Jupiter’s Year with Spica: A Triple Conjunction Brilliant Venus shines from the western sky this evening as seen from the Chicago area…. Read More ›
Advertisements 2017 Morning Planets Venus as an Evening Star, 2016-2017 Chart and Image Collection The Venus-Mars Encounter Jupiter’s Year with Spica: A Triple Conjunction (All charts and times are calculated for Chicago, Illinois in the Central Time zone.) The evening… Read More ›
Advertisements More articles: Venus as an Evening Star, 2016-2017 2016 Evening Planets Chart and Image Collection The Venus-Mars Encounter Jupiter’s Year with Spica: A Triple Conjunction Sun The sun rises south of east and sets south of west during November…. Read More ›
Advertisements The crescent moon (overexposed in the image) appears near Saturn this evening as seen from the Chicago area. This evening the moon is 5 degrees from Saturn with Mars 24 degrees farther to the east. Tomorrow evening the moon… Read More ›
Advertisements 2017 Evening Planets Venus as an Evening Star, 2016-2017 Chart and Image Collection The Venus-Mars Encounter Jupiter’s Year with Spica: A Triple Conjunction (All charts and times are calculated for Chicago, Illinois in the Central Time zone.) The morning… Read More ›
Advertisements Brilliant Venus gleams during twilight this evening as seen from the Chicago area with a waxing crescent moon and Jupiter appearing lower in twilight. (To see Jupiter click the image to see it larger. The planet appears at the… Read More ›
Advertisements During early September 2016, the moon passes Saturn, Mars, and the star Aldebaran in the evening sky. The charts are shown for the Chicago area about 80 minutes after sunset. Mars is rapidly moving eastward against the starry background…. Read More ›
Advertisements With a cloud deck obscuring Jupiter and Venus in the western sky, as seen from the Chicago area, Mars and Saturn shine from the southwest this evening. Mars is rapidly moving eastward. Compare its position tonight to where it was… Read More ›
Advertisements Just 5 days before the Epoch Conjunction of 2016, Venus and Jupiter shine from the western sky this evening as seen from the Chicago area on an unseasonably cool and clear evening. Tonight pair is 5 degrees apart. (See… Read More ›
Advertisements The moon passes Mars and Saturn during mid-July, 2016. The chart above shows the planets and the star Antares during the four evenings. Mars appears as a bright reddish star low in the south as the sky darkens. It… Read More ›
