Friday morning a thin crescent moon appears in the southeastern sky before sunrise.

There is only one planet in our early evening sky.

Tides will be again extreme next week as the full moon, a Blue Moon, will be close.

Mira is a facinating variable star. For most of the year, it is too faint to see.

We are now into the best of winter stargazing.

The two visible planets, Mars and Jupiter, are remarkably close together in the morning sky.