Today:
With the Summer Triangle almost overhead, look at its lowest star Altair, and then to the left of Altair. A faint, compact collection of stars may catch your eyes, the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. It appears like a comma, but perhaps you can imagine a dolphin leaping from left to right, out of the celestial waters.
Monday:
Late this evening, a waning Gibbous Moon adds its glow to the overnight skies, rising near 10:10 PM, and joined a half hour later by the distant ringed-world, Saturn. Although they appear close to each other, it is merely a momentary alignment. Saturn is actually more the 3 thousand times farther away than our neighboring Moon. The pair are reunited late this month as the Moon completes its 27 day, 8 hour journey around the Earth.
Tuesday:
Looking low above the southern horizon at 10 o’clock, the vapors of the Milky Way seem to steam upward, a nice connection to the teapot-shaped pattern, due south, the brighter stars of Sagittarius. Although imagined as a centaur with a bow and arrow, the triangular lid above the teapot, with a handle on the left and spout on the right is easier to see.