Today:
Orion is an easy target, even on a moonlit night. Tonight, the lack of moonlight might give you an opportunity to see a fainter feature of our winter Giant. Look below his three belt stars, where a fainter line marks his sword. The very end of the sword is a little fuzzy, because it is not a star but a vast region of glowing gas and dust, called a nebula.
Monday:
Looking directly below Venus on the next clear evening, try to find as low and level a view to the west as possible. Bright but low appears the swift, elusive planet Mercury. The Sun’s nearest planet will climb higher through the 8th, when it makes its best evening appearance of 2025, while Venus edges lower, making the display that much more delightful for star gazers.
Tuesday:
Early March offers good views of the planet Jupiter, and yet you can see a pronounced change. Jupiter starts the evening high in the south-southwest near 6:30 PM, and will set after midnight, at around 1:30 AM. It loses height each evening through the next two months, lost in the Sun’s glare by June.