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your guide to constellations deep-sky

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objects planets and events tonight's sky

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as night falls Saturn and Mars grace the

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eastern sky both planets will remain in

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the sky well into the early morning

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on May tenth Saturn makes its closest

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approach to earth which is the best time

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elusive mercury appears above the

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western horizon as the Sun sets the

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low-lying planet will be a challenge to

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spot an early May but will stray higher

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above mercury lies Jupiter

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use a telescope to spot a few of its

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looking toward the south we've turned

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away from the crowded center of our

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Milky Way galaxy thus we see farther

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into the universe the large

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constellation Virgo fills the southern

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sky in the late evening one of these a

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dial constellations of ancient times

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Virgo honors the life-giving virtues of

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women using a pair of binoculars visit

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the Virgo cluster of galaxies these tiny

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smudges of light are galaxies far away

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from our own Milky Way each a glow with

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the sombrero galaxy m104 lies in the

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southern part of Virgo it's dark dust

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Lane makes it look like a large hat

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two smaller constellations lie above

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fergo coma berenices honors a queen who

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gave her long hair to the gods to ensure

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m60 for a spiral galaxy can be found

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kanis Venatici represents the hunting

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the brightest star in canis Venatici is

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cor caroli the heart of Charles named

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m51 in canis Venatici is known as the

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Whirlpool Galaxy it is one of the most

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look to the east to find a blazing Venus

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rising before the Sun aim a telescope at

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the annual ADA acquired meteor shower

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returns this month during the peak on

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the night of May 5th to 6th expect to

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see up to 10 meteors per hour look for

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them shooting from the East after

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in late may an unnamed meteor shower

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could become a meteor storm as Earth

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passes through multiple debris streams

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left by comet 20 9p linear in the

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pre-dawn hours of May twenty-fourth sky

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watchers could see a hundred or more

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meteors per hour the night sky is always