In the Sky This Week – July 21, 2020
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) continues to dominate astronomy news this week; VOF blogger Fr. James Kurzynski posted several beautiful comet pictures of his in an article on this site. Comet NEOWISE appears in the northwestern evening sky before midnight all week. The Moon appears in the western sky near dusk this week – it should make a great observing target by the weekend. Jupiter and Saturn continue to make great late evening and early morning observing targets all week in the southern sky. Mars continues to appear high in the southeastern predawn sky this week. Venus appears near the star Aldebaran, and Mercury appears low above the horizon all week; Mercury reaches its highest point on July 23rd, and then starts back towards the horizon. The new Moon occurred on Monday July 20th – the Moon is not visible at this time… The Moon is now a waxing crescent – visible toward the southwest in early evening. The first quarter … Continue reading →