From New York City, the 28-day-old moon and the tiny planet will become visible in the eastern sky shortly after they rise at around 4:28 a.m. EDT (0828 GMT) and will remain observable until just before they set at around 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT). If you get up early to ob...
2013 Nov. 1, Greatest Eastern Elongation: Venus passed that point in the sky where it attained its greatest angular distance (47º) from the Sun last Friday and now sets about 2 1/2 hours after sundown. In our solar system geometry, Venus made a right angle with both the sun and Ear...
bright enough to pick out in less than perfect skies. By a stroke of good luck, Saturn will be nearby (only 7.5° southeast) to help point the way. For observers at mid-northern altitudes, extinction — the dimming of a celestial object due to absorption of light by the atmosphere ...