“Star light, Star bright...
the first star you see at night is Venus in the western sky.

Venus is most spectacular (-3.9 magnitude) before about 10:00 p.m. in the western sky in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. By May 20th, it will have moved into Gemini, the Twins.

Watch for Saturn high in the south all month. When looking through a telescope, the rings are very apparent and striking. The last time I viewed the rings, they looked like white sticks on each side of the disk. But the rings will become more tilted and the planet will brighten by the end of the year. The bright ‘star’ near Saturn is the moon Titan, and the second brightest ‘star’ near Saturn is the moon Rhea

“Star light, Star bright...
the first star you see at night is Venus in the western sky.

Venus and Mercury are beautiful to see together. The bright “star” in the west after sunset starting on April Fool’s Day is Venus shining at a stunning -3.9 magnitude. At first glance, you might confuse it with an airplane. The faint “star” 3 degrees* to its right is Mercury at its brightest of the year—don’t miss seeing it. By April 8, Mercury starts moving away from Venus and becoming dimmer, and then quickly fades by mid-month.

April Fool’s Day originated after King Charles IX decreed in 1564 that the first day of the year was to be standardized to January 1st throughout France. His subjects, who celebrated the old date for the New Year, were considered obstinate and fools for still adhering to the old Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by the British Empire until 1752.

News From Florida

Watch the pieces come together as they are sent up from Earth.

This is the International Space Station (ISS) Assembly diagram, piece by piece.

I had no idea the Space Station had grown to this size.

Watch the left hand corner for dates. This is really cool......You can also click on each name for an explanation. below is the URL.
ENJOY !
http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm


Clear Skies
Star Hunter Sifuentes
BAS member www.Brevardastro.org

“Star light, Star bright...
the first star you see at night is Venus in the western sky.

Mars, Saturn and Venus are the planets for March. Venus at sunset cannot be missed. Mars is reddish high in southeast in Cancer, the Crab. And Saturn is back and showing rings—first to be seen since1995.

Daylight Shifting Time is March 14th—we are not really saving time we are shifting it..

“Star light, Star bright...
the first star you see at night is still Jupiter, but by the 10th it will be Venus—low in the west.

Venus will be on the other side of the Sun, a morning star, at the beginning of the month, but by the 10th it will be the evening star. After sunset, look 3 degrees above the western horizon and see Venus with a brightness of -3.9 magnitude.

Ground Hog day, February 2nd —which is celebrated in the United States and Canada as a prognosticator of Spring—is known astronomically as one of the 4 cross-quarter days between our four seasons. No matter what Punxsutawney Phil says we are still halfway to Spring.