Today:
It’s a challenge, but if you have an unobscured and flat horizon at sunset – between about 8:15 and 8:30 – you might be able to spot the planet Venus, just south of due west, and within the constellation Virgo. Venus will dip below the horizon by around 8:45.
Thursday:
Saturn will rise in the east-southeast at around 7:45 PM. An hour later, in the east-northeast waning Gibbous Moon will rise, making an appearance between the between the fishes of Pisces. The moon within Pisces follows Saturn high across the southern sky. Saturn will set in the west just before dawn, the moon not setting until around 10 AM tomorrow.
Friday:
As the Big Dipper rides low in the northwest, consider the Native American tale of this bear being hunted by three hunters (the three stars of the handle). When they see him and shoot, his blood falls from the sky, turning the leaves red during the fall.