Today:
Ursa Major, better known as the Great Bear, is settling very low along the northern horizon during the evenings, before rising back into the north-northeast after 10 o’clock. Best known here something contained within the Bear, that being the asterism called the Big Dipper, with the “bowl” of the Dipper part of the Bear’s body, and the “handle” his long, bushy tail.
Tuesday:
As it emerges from the sun’s glare at around 7 PM, Saturn maintains its current role as the only planet visible in the evening sky. It will rise in the southeast, surrounded by the constellations Cetus, Pisces, and Aquarius. The viewing of other planets will have to wait until Jupiter rises in the east-northeast just after midnight, and until Venus rises in the East just before 6:00 AM.
Wednesday:
Night owls at 3:00 tomorrow morning will see a waning Crescent Moon due east, accompanied by the royal star Regulus, the “heart” of Leo, the Lion. If that’s too early, they climb higher into the southeast, about two thirds of the way up from the horizon, from 6:15 to 6:45 AM, to be joined by Venus low in the east, as the morning twilight gathers.