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Your guide to constellations, deep-sky objects, planets, and events.

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Tonight's Sky, highlights of the May Sky.

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After sunset, try to find dim, red Mars

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low in the western sky.

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If you succeed, aim a telescope at the planet

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to catch a glimpse of its features.

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Bright Jupiter will be much easier to spot,

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high in the southern sky.

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A telescope will reveal the giant planet’s cloud bands

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and some of its moons.

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Looking toward the south,

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we’ve turned away from the crowded center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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Thus we see farther into the universe.

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The large constellation Virgo

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fills the southern sky in the late evening.

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One of the zodiacal constellations of ancient times,

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Virgo honors the life-giving virtues of women.

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Using a pair of binoculars,

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visit the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.

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These tiny smudges of light are galaxies,

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far away from our own Milky Way,

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each aglow with the light of billions of stars.

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The Sombrero Galaxy, M104,

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lies in the southern part of Virgo.

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Its dark dust lane makes it look like a large hat,

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hence its name.

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Two smaller constellations lie above Virgo.

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Coma Berenices honors a queen

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who gave her long hair to the gods

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to ensure her husband’s safe return from war.

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M64, a spiral galaxy,

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can be found tangled in Berenice’s Hair.

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Canes Venatici represents the hunting dogs of the gods.

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The brightest star in Canes Venatici is Cor Caroli,

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the Heart of Charles,  named for Charles 1 of England.

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M51, in Canes Venatici,

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is known as the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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It is one of the most beautiful face-on spirals in the sky.

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Saturn rises by midnight

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and spends the morning hours shining in the southern sky.

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Its rings are easy to see in a small telescope.

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Venus appears in the eastern sky

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about an hour before sunrise.

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Use a telescope to check out its crescent phase.

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The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower returns this month.

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On the night of May 4th to 5th,

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expect to see up to 10 meteors per hour.

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Look for them shooting from the east after midnight.