Monday, July 01, 2013

"Good Night, Moon"

Waning Crescent

23 days old

40.8% Full

Don't forget "Independence Day" is this week.

Some night sky sights for June 28 – July 6 (click here)

by Alan M. MacRobert
 
...Thursday, July 4 Watching the fireworks tonight? As you're waiting for them to begin, point out to people some sky sights. The two brightest stars of summer, Vega and Arcturus, are high overhead toward the east and southwest, respectively. Far below Arcturus are the planet Saturn and, to its lower right, Spica. Nearly that high in the southeast is the orange-red supergiant Antares, amid fainter stars of upper Scorpius....