The Winter Hexagon eases lower into the west each night as we continue our trip around the sun. Venus is actually just inside the Hexagon between Auriga and Aldebaran and far outshines all other evening stars and planets. Jupiter is about 15 degrees above the horizon as dark settles in and was hard to see in high clouds tossed ahead of the massive storm system that spawned over 120 tornadoes in the plains yesterday. Mars, second only to Venus in brightness, is now higher than the Goddess of Love and glowing red-orange almost due south at dusk, just east of much dimmer Regulus, the heart of Leo.
Saturn is at opposition to earth today, directly behind us from the sun, and is rising low in the east in Virgo as the sun sets. While highest for viewing at 1am EDT, the giant ringed world is up all night tonight!!
It's still warm as June outside tonight, check it out.
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