When the Curves Line Up

May 24, 2022: The moon dances near bright Jupiter and Mars in the east-southeast before sunrise.  Venus and Saturn are nearby. During the evening, look into intergalactic space.

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May 23, 2022: The morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – and the moon appear as celestial stepping stones across the river of morning twilight.

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May 22, 2022:  The moon is near Saturn in the southeast before sunup.  During the next few mornings watch it skip past Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.  After nightfall, spot star clusters with a binocular.

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May 21, 2022: The moon nears the morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn.  After sundown, find two star clusters near Leo – the Beehive cluster and the Coma cluster.

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May 20, 2022: The moon approaches the morning planets that are scattered along the eastern sky.  Can the planets ever appear along a line that extends from the sun?

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May 19: This morning the moon is in the handle of Sagittarius.  The morning planets are in the eastern sky.  A gap grows between them.  The Big Dipper is in the northern sky after night falls.

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May 18, 2022: The bright moon is near the Teapot of Sagittarius before sunrise.  The four morning planets are in the eastern sky.  Hydra slithers across the May evening sky.

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May 17, 2022:  Four bright morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are in the eastern sky.  Venus’ veil of clouds hides its surface.  Farther westward, the moon is near Antares.

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May 16, 2022:  After the eclipse overnight, the moon is in the western sky.  Four planet gems are in the eastern sky.  The moon returns to the evening sky about two hours after sunset near Antares.

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May 15, 2022: Look for a spectacular perigee lunar eclipse after sunset.  This occurs between the Scorpion’s pincers and forehead.  Before sunrise, four bright planets are in the eastern sky.

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May 14, 2022: Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky before sunrise.  One evening before its total eclipse, the bright moon is in the southeast as nig…

May 13, 2022:  The four morning planets are visible in the eastern sky before sunrise.  As night falls, the waxing gibbous moon is near Spica.  Corvus the Raven is nearby.

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May 12, 2022: The four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – continue to sparkle in the eastern sky.  The bright gibbous moon is in the southern sky after sunset.

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May 11, 2022:  Four bright morning planet gems – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are stretched out along the eastern horizon.  During the evening hours, Mercury recedes into bright twilight.

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May 10, 2022: The four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are along the eastern horizon before sunup.  Mercury begins to retrograde as it moves toward bright twilight along with win…

May 9, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung along the eastern sky before sunrise.  After sundown, the gibbous moon is near the Sickle of Leo, while Mercury is low in the wes…

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April 5, 2022:  Today is a Mars – Saturn conjunction.  Mars slowly passes Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise.  Morning Star Venus is to the lower left of the conjunction.

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May 8, 2022:  Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the eastern sky.  As night falls, the First Quarter moon is near Leo as Mercury is low in the west-northwest.

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May 7, 2022: Venus continues to stretch the gap to Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise.  The evening moon is in front of Cancer while Mercury is low in the west-northwest.

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