Today:
On Thanksgiving, as we celebrate the harvest and the riches of the soil, look along the northern horizon, where a low and level view shows the Big Dipper. In the British Isles, it is imagined as a plough, with the bowl of the Dipper forming the blade, almost appearing to turn over the ground along the northern horizon.
Friday:
Finding Venus has finally become easier through this month, as its orbit continues to curve around the Sun, getting closer to us. In the pocess, this curve has increased its separation from the Sun, more than one hand-width higher than earlier this month. This increases through early January, offering some excellent views of our “sister” planet.
Saturday:
Late tonight, night owls can look almost directly overhead to view a triangular formation of three bright objects. Reaching one third of the way, and due east by 11 o’clock, you’ll easily see the increasingly bright Mars, while high in the northwest, getting close to the Zenith, twinkles the bright, binary star Capella, part of the constellation Auriga; and toward the southwest is Jupiter, still between the horns of Taurus.