Today:
Early risers tomorrow morning can look for the bright and blueish-white star Spica to rise in the east-southeast at 4:00 AM. Also rising in the east-southeast, about an hour later, will be the waning sliver of a crescent Moon. Following in the same line, between 5:45 and 6 o’clock, will be Venus, visible near the horizon for a brief stint, before getting overwhelmed by the gathering dawn.
Tuesday:
Just past 8 PM, three stars will rise in the eastern sky, appearing close together and vertically aligned, to comprise Orion’s belt. These stars are much less bright than Orion’s brightest, those being Orion and Betelgeuse. But the close alignment of the belt stars makes Orion’s belt the easiest part of the constellation to identify.
Wednesday:
At 9 PM, the Summer Triangle still shines, involving two stars that are closer to the horizon: Altair in the west, and Vega in the northwest; higher and in between is Deneb. A simultaneous triangle appears in the east-southeast, with Aldebaran the higher in the heavens, below it are Betelgeuse, closer to east, and Rigel, closer to southeast.