Today:
Very early risers, or night owls, will have an interesting view in the east-northeast as the first of twilight blushes along the horizon from 3:15 to about 4 o’clock tomorrow morning. The pale red Mars continues to slowly emerge from the Sun’s glow, seen just below the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades. Close to 4 o’clock, the reddish star Aldebaran peaks above the horizon, currently brighter than Mars, though both will disappear in the brightening dawn.
Wednesday:
The nearly Full Moon again bathes the skies in moonlight, subdued by its extremely low position in the south. This leaves the northwestern skies a bit darker, certainly enough so to find the outline of Leo, the Lion, preparing to exit the heavens in a few more weeks. You’ll also find the brilliant Venus to the right of Leo’s brightest star, Regulus. The two pass close to each other next week.
Thursday:
Looking in the south and southwest near 10 o’clock, while the waning Gibbous Moon remains below the horizon, the red star Antares shows up easily in the south, while the contrastingly bluish star Spica settles into the southwest. Between them, about one third of the way up from the horizon, to moderately bright stars mark the balance beam within the constellation Libra, the Scales.