This week we are able to see both Venus and Jupiter together setting in the West, Venus being the brighter of the two. For those who are lucky enough to have clear skies and binoculars, you may also see a feint Mercury below them. Sirius is also very bright and shining with rainbow colours straight ahead of us. Then a little later, Mars rises in the East followed by Saturn – a once in many years’ opportunity for us to see the raw materials of our art above us in the heavens.
Photo taken from the Claremont Observatory, Edinburgh – i.e. my friends’ roof top. Thank you for that, guys!
