There is plenty happening in the skies in the weeks ahead.
The crescent moon appears near the bright star Spica tomorrow night.
The two rise in the eastern sky around 3 a.m. and will be poised nicely high above the eastern sky by dawn.
On Sunday night the gibbous moon rises late in the evening near the red planet Mars. Both are in the zodiacal constellation Pisces.
This weekend the gibbous moon passes by the planets Jupiter and Saturn before becoming full on Monday night.
There is a big difference between a meteor and a comet.
Comet NEOWISE was visible over Vineyard skies on Wednesday night after weeks of waiting.
The brightest planet in the morning sky is Venus and it is not alone.
The red planet Mars rises in the eastern sky after midnight.
The full moon hangs in the southern sky tomorrow night on the Fourth of July.
