The front came through and again there was rain all around...but only 0.05" here. But, it's an amazing summer day with a breeze blowing around the cool dry air. Time to take a walk, and find my wayward dog. Neighbors must be home and he's visiting his girlfriend.
Finally saw the moon and Venus last night, a lovely sliver and a bright dot - wasn't quite dark enough to see Jupiter when I checked it out but tonight should be cloud free and a fine sky night. See if you can spot Mercury, it's fading fast both in brightness and height as it races to catch us. It will slide between us in early August and by late next month will pop up as a morning star. Saturn still shines golden in the Milky Way in Sagittarius, lowish is the east early evening but high up near midnight with the rings tipped for fine telescope viewing. Mars, now bright and red, rises a little after dark and rules the dark sky around Capricorn. Compare it to Antares (Mars "Ares" rival), the red heart of Scorpio, below and left of Jupiter. Not often you can see all 5 planets in an evening, especially a cool dry evening in July, get out and check out your solar system (the Milky Way galaxy is pretty spectacular on summer evenings across the dome of the sky), Today and Tonight on Earth.
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