Three planets form a line in the early evening this weekend but the alignment won’t last.

The halo over the sun this past weekend was meteorological, more associated with our atmosphere than astronomical.

It is the end of the day and the sun hangs low and red over Sengekontacket Pond. The waters of Nantucket Sound are relatively flat due to a southerly shift in the wind earlier in the afternoon, but a few small waves break on the shoreline. Schools of bluefish surface about a quarter mile offshore. Terns follow the schools as they erratically move along.

The moon passes by two brilliant stars this weekend.

The cedar and white oak planks are new, but the design is old. A 28-foot replica of a wooden whale boat that has been under construction at the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven through the winter months is now nearly complete. Fragrant cedar wood chips, sawdust and assortment of debris and tools that covered the floor beneath the boat are gone. The boat now sits like a museum piece on a clean floor, a boat from another time.

A planetary lineup takes place right after sunset later this month.