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Weekly Stargazing Tips
Unless otherwise specified, viewing times are local time regardless of time zone, and are good for the entire Lower 48 states (and, generally, for Alaska and Hawaii). Check out last week's tips or the Sky Almanac if you missed a night.
November 7, 2009
Pollox and Castor, the "heads" of the twins of Gemini, stand to the upper left of the Moon in late evening. Pollux is closer to the Moon and looks orange. Another bright orange dot of light, the planet Mars, is to the lower left of the Moon.
November 8, 2009
The bright orange planet Mars Mars huddles close to the Moon late tonight. They rise before midnight and stand high overhead at first light tomorrow.
November 9, 2009
Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, the lion, is a little to the lower left of the Moon as they rise after midnight tonight, with brighter Mars above them.
November 10, 2009
Aldebaran, the "eye" of Taurus, the bull, is in good view in the east by 8 or 9 p.m. The star is nearing the end of its life, so it is undergoing a series of dramatic changes. Those changes have caused Aldebran to puff up like an orange balloon.
November 11, 2009
The giant planet Saturn huddles close to the Moon early tomorrow. They rise in the wee hours of the morning and are well up in the southeast at first light. Saturn looks like a bright star to the left or lower left of the Moon.
November 12, 2009
Saturn is in fine view early tomorrow. The planet is in the east at first light, almost directly above the Moon. Saturn looks like a bright golden star, shining steadily in the growing light of dawn.
November 13, 2009
As the Moon clears the eastern horizon a couple of hours before sunrise tomorrow, Spica will stand just to its upper left. And as dawn begins to color the sky, the planet Venus will rise below the Moon. Venus is the brilliant "morning star."
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