NASA is back with its regular update on what to look out for in that vast open window above our heads. This month four particular planets take center stage.
NASA is back with its regular update on what to look out for in that vast open window above our heads over the coming weeks.
The spectacle begins to take shape in the early part of this month with the appearance of Venus, Mars, and Saturn in the southeast before sunrise. In its latest update, NASA also focuses on the Big Dipper , a pattern of bright stars in the northern sky. It explains: “What looks at first glance like a single bright star here, midway along the Dipper’s handle, is on closer inspection a double star: Mizar and Alcor.”
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