Today:
As the last of the twilight fades at around 5:30 PM, Saturn will emerge about halfway up in the south-southwest, appearing somewhat as a lone traveler, with no bright objects nearby, and outside the boundaries of three nearby constellations: Pisces, above, Aquarius, below, and Cetus, the Whale, featured to its left.
Tuesday:
When watching the waning Gibbous Moon climb into the skies before 9 o’clock, you’ll see that the brightest star in Leo, the Lion, Regulus, leads the way, above the Moon, and a bit right. Leo is just entering into its best early evening viewing, which will last through the winter and into the spring, before the late sunsets of the early summer push its viewabiltiy into the late evening or overnight hours.
Wednesday:
The Milky Way, known in the Orient as the “River of Light”, arches from southeast to northwest, home to many bright stars, including Capella, a brilliant white star some 46 light-years away, the sixth brightest star in the skies. You’ll find this beacon nearly overhead this evening at 10:00 PM EST.