The best time to spot Venus for stargazers in the U.S. is during the pre-dawn hours on May 31 and June 1, when the planet will appear as a bright, magnitude -4.3 morning star rising over the ...

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is brilliant as Morning Star 2-3 hours before sunrise, Mars is red in Leo during ...

Venus As The ‘Morning Star’ After spending the last six months in the evening sky for all to see, on March 23, Venus passed between Earth and the sun — a moment sky-watchers call inferior ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Friday, May 23 Let’s return to the morning sky, where the Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn.

Of course, what we are seeing is an illusion of perspective. On this particular morning, the moon is 225,700 miles (363,300 km) from Earth, while Venus is 259 times more distant at 58.5 million ...

The southernmost star, Altair, is part of Aquila the Eagle. The northernmost star and dimmest of the three is Deneb, the tail feather of Cygnus the Swan. Tip: Stars twinkle, planets usually don’t.

Let’s get to the sky for July 2025! Must-see sky sights for July During July, Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still ...

A Triple Conjunction is set to occur Friday morning right before sunrise. The moon, Venus and Saturn will create a rare smiley face in the eastern sky.

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is brilliant as Morning Star 2-3 hours before sunrise, Mars is red in Leo during ...