Goes Great with Coffee!

Usually I like to sleep in on the weekend but sometimes it's just worth getting up early.  Click on the sky chart and take a look at what awaits early risers just before sunrise on Saturday March 25th.  The thin crescent moon rises over the southeast horizon just a few degrees from our brightest planet, Venus.  To the south, Jupiter is the advance scout, leading the way into the morning sky.  Although present, Neptune and Pluto are too faint to be seen with the naked eye. 

Now click on this sky chart.  You can't miss Venus --it's by far the brightest object you will see in the sky before the sun comes up.  Right now it's about as bright as it gets.  Often, people mistake it for a bright star but it's a planet all right.  If you focus a telescope on Earth's beautiful twin, you will see that it goes through phases, just like the moon.  So get up a little early this Saturday, put on a coffee and enjoy the show.

Sky Chart:  (c) Image made with Starry Night Software

Comments

[Harry Gilday]

Hi Steve

Again great info for us all to know. The night sky offers us all so much to see. See if you have a friend with a telescope, you will be surprised what you can see.

Great work Steve, Looking forward for your next article.

Harry.