Today:
At around 8:15 PM, the evening twilight will fade, showing Saturn to have risen in the east-southeast. Saturn will ride across the southern sky throughout the night, impervious to the water the falls from the bucket of Aquarius. Saturn’s orbit of 29 and a half years means it changes very little over several months relative to the stars, remaining in the faint stars of Aquarius from January 2023 through the end of this winter.
Friday:
The brightest star in the Summer Triangle, Vega, appears nearly overhead as the last of the twilight fades near 7:30 PM. Vega’s brilliance is due, in part, to its location just 25 light years away, and because it is the fourth brightest star within 50 light years of here. Later this evening, near 9 o’clock, a second star in the Summer Triangle, Deneb, crosses the very top of the sky, the Zenith.
Saturday:
Early tomorrow morning, at around 3:30 AM, a dwindling sliver of the crescent moon will rise in the east-northeast, and within the breast of Leo, The Lion. The Moon will appear just to the left of Regulus, Leo’s brightest star, due east by 5:30 AM, just before the first tendrils of twilight announce the approach of dawn.