This Halloween, you can give your trick-or-treaters a treat they won’t soon forget! The Moon will be a waxing gibbous on Halloween night; if you have a telescope, this will be the perfect opportunity to let countless numbers of kids and their parents have a glimpse of the Moon through your telescope. I guarantee you will get a lot of “Oh WOWs!” Saturn is also very low in the southwestern sky after sunset, and is only visible for about an hour. The Moon will be full on Nov. 3rd. Venus, barely above the eastern horizon, rises with the light of dawn. Mars rises in the east around 6:00 AM, and is high in the eastern sky by sunrise. Mars will continue to rise earlier each morning, but it won’t be getting any higher in the morning sky; it will move slightly south each morning instead, as the Earth slowly “catches up to Mars” in their orbits (see solar system image below). … Continue reading →