From the University of Texas
Sept. 7 If you are in a clear, dark country location before dawn
over the next few weeks, you might see an elusive phenomenon called
the zodiacal light. Look toward the eastern horizon before twilight
begins for a ghostly pyramid of light.
From the University of Texas
Sept. 7 If you are in a clear, dark country location before dawn over the next few weeks, you might see an elusive phenomenon called the zodiacal light. Look toward the eastern horizon before twilight begins for a ghostly pyramid of light.
Sept. 8 The “twin” stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux, stand to the left and lower left of the Moon before dawn tomorrow. The golden planet Saturn is to the Moon’s lower right, with the much brighter planet Venus below them. The grouping is in the east at first light.
Sept. 9 The planets Venus and Saturn cozy up to the Moon early tomorrow. All three are well up in the east at first light. Venus is the dazzling “morning star” to the lower right of the Moon. Fainter golden Saturn is a little farther to the Moon’s upper right.
Sept. 10 The planet Venus lines up near the crescent Moon early tomorrow. It is the brilliant “morning star” to the upper right of the Moon before sunrise.
Sept. 11 The Moon and the planet Mercury snuggle up to Leo, the lion, at daybreak tomorrow. They are quite low in the east at first light. Regulus, the star that marks Leo’s heart, stands a little to the lower right of the Moon, with Mercury a little farther below the Moon.
Sept. 12 Cygnus, the swan, glides high across the sky tonight. Its brightest stars form a cross. The long arm of the cross represents the swan’s body and neck, while the short arm outlines its wings. The swan aims toward the southwest.
