Advertisements To locate the five planets during late January 2016, the moon appears near Jupiter on the mornings of January 27 and January 28. Venus is the brightest starlike object, appearing low in the southeast. Viewing with a clear horizon,… Read More ›
Advertisements The brilliant Morning Star Venus continues to gleam from the eastern morning sky in early 2016. The chart above shows the rising of Venus, Mercury, Saturn, the star Antares and the moon compared to sunrise from January 14, 2016… Read More ›
Advertisements Brilliant Morning Star Venus passes Saturn on January 9, in the predawn sky. Look toward the southeast as the sky brightens. The chart shows the view at 6 a.m. CST. Saturn appears to the upper right, about 0.2 degrees from… Read More ›
Advertisements The moon passes brilliant Morning Star Venus on the mornings of January 6 and 7, 2016. Venus is slowly fading into morning twilight as the crescent moon moves past it during these two mornings. Look to the southeastern sky just… Read More ›
Advertisements The chart shows the setting times of the planets visible without a telescope and stars near the solar system’s orbital plane for 2016. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also represented with their rising times during the evening. While… Read More ›
Advertisements This chart shows the visibility of planets and bright stars near the planets’ orbital paths in the eastern morning sky in 2016. The chart shows the objects’ rising times compared to sunrise. The earliest activity begins at 5 hours… Read More ›
Advertisements Venus, Mars and Jupiter shine from the eastern sky as seen from the Chicago area this morning. Mars passed the star Regulus yesterday as it moves eastward in its orbital path. This morning they are 1 degree apart. Venus… Read More ›
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 ›
Advertisements Brilliant Venus and Jupiter shine from the western sky this evening as seen from the Chicago area. Just 25 days before the 2015 Epoch Conjunction, the two planets are 17 degrees apart this evening. Venus is 8 degrees to… Read More ›
Advertisements Brilliant Venus and bright Jupiter shine from the western sky during twilight this evening as seen from the Chicago area. The two planets appear very close together at the end of June. Watch them get closer together each night…. Read More ›
