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what's up for may we'll be looking at

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some old friends from last month and

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some new ones hello and welcome my name

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is Jane Houston Jones and I'm an

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educator at NASA's Jet Propulsion

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Laboratory in Pasadena California again

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this month saturn and venus graced the

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early evening skies venus is the

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brighter of the two you might even see

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venus before the Sun sets Saturn looks

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like a golden star to the unaided eye

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and through a telescope you will see the

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icy rings and some of Saturn's moons

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mercury doesn't ever rise very high

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above the horizon but this month is one

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of the better opportunities for you to

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try and see it you'll need an

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unobstructed view of the western horizon

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towards the end of May that means a

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place away from your trees and buildings

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if you see a twinkling star there it's

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mercury now here are some new objects to

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look at in May but you'll have to wait

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till midnight or later to see them one

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is really easy to see Jupiter Rises at

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about eleven-thirty p.m. in the east and

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will move higher in the sky each hour

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it's the brightest object in the sky

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except for the moon if you don't want to

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stay up late stargazing check out the

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recent view of Jupiter from NASA's new

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Horizons spacecraft which flew by

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Jupiter on its journey to Pluto the

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Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra both

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recently took great pictures of Jupiter

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2 there's another object we can see this

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month it's the asteroid Vesta it won't

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be as easy to see as Jupiter but it's in

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the same part of the sky it won't be

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very bright but you'll love seeing such

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a distant tiny object when the dawn

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mission launches the summer you'll be

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hearing more about Vesta and Ceres

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Dawn's eight-year 3.2 billion mile

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journey will study the heart of the

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asteroid belt

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you can learn more about NASA missions

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by visiting w WN s agov you can find

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resources for amateur astronomers at

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education JPL nasa gov just click on the