Tuesday, May 8, 2018

May 8 - We Go Between the Sun and Jupiter

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Tonight ... We go between the sun and Jupiter

Jupiter - opposite the sun - rises when the sun sets. Watch for it ascending in the east in evening twilight. Then turn around and look for Venus in the west. Venus and Jupiter will be super bright as night falls, balancing the 2 sides of your sky.

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It's nesting season for sea turtles

Adult female sea turtles - on beaches from North Carolina to Texas and throughout the Caribbean - are crawling out of the ocean and laying their eggs. Here's an update from a biologist who's been studying these turtles for 36 years.

Why can't I find the Milky Way in May?    

On May evenings, as viewed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere, the disk of the Milky Way galaxy lies as flat around our horizon as it can ...

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Tonight … We go between the sun and Jupiter

In 2018, Jupiter lies in front of the faint constellation Libra the Scales. The closest star to Jupiter is Zubenelgenubi, Libra’s alpha star. Jupiter looks over 100 times brighter to us than this bright star!

 

Why can't I find the Milky Way in May?

Milky Way over Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, by Max Moorman Photography. Max caught this photo in the month of June, when the Milky Way returns to easy viewing in the evening sky.
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