Today:
Just as full darkness settles in by 10 o’clock, look due north and half way up in the sky to find Polaris, the North Star. Now look above it, and slightly to the left, where a pair of medium bright stars represent “north stars” from a bygone era. The brighter of the two is Kochab, the lesser Pherkad, together called the “guardians of the Pole Star”
Sunday:
This evening finds the Waxing Gibbous Moon trying to tip the scales of Libra. Looking on from the southeast is the red star Antares, within the constellation Scorpius. The two leftmost stars within Libra were once considered part neighboring Scorpius: Zubeneschamali, the Northern Claw, is the upper star; the lower one is Zubenelgenubi, the Southern Claw.
Monday:
Having moved on from Spica a few days before, the Moon is now nearly full, and is nearing Antares, a bright red star that will appear to the left, a slight below the brilliant Moon. Known as the heart of its surrounding constellation, Scorpius, Antares appears bright, even at a distance of 550 light years, because its diameter is roughly 700 times that of our sun.