The waxing crescent moon appears near the bright red planet Mars tomorrow (Saturday) night. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Cancer, one of the smallest of zodiac constellations. Mars is distinct, as it has a ruby red saphire glow. The planet is dimmer than it was a month ago and considerably dimmer than it was in the winter. Still this is an impressive planet to see under any circumstances and you've got the moon acting as a guide to find it tomorrow night.

Cancer is an interesting small constellation. To most of us at first glance you can only two or three relatively easy stars to spot. the rest are faint. Yet hidden in this small area of the sky is one of the most impressive star clusters in the night sky, The Beehive. You can see it fairly easily in a dark night, though the moon might make it a big of a challenge with its glow. Try and see all three, Moon Mars and Beehive Cluster together.

The Beehive is an open star cluster, the stars within it are spread out for viewing, many times bigger than the moon shining nearby. Grab a pair of binoculars to study the stars even more closely. It is just as interesting as the star cluster Pleiades, which everyone can see. The Pleiades is 444 light years away. The Beehive star cluster is farther away and bigger at 577 light years away.