An adventure out for sky gazing this evening will be warm and moon filled. The moon will be at first quarter 75 minutes into the new year and just to the right of Jupiter, both in dim Aries. Venus dominates the western sky for longer and longer after sunset as it continues it's chase around the sun with Earth. When it catches us on June 5, 2012 it will cross the face of the sun for the last time for another 112 years. Mars rises a little after 10 tonight nearing the head of Virgo and Saturn is not up until about 1:30am near the feet of Virgo (it's a big constellation). Mercury peeks above the horizon just before the sun but is hard to see now and will disappear behind the sun early in 2012 not showing up again until late February in the evening sky.
The bright constellations of winter are rising earlier and earlier and their bright stars will be fine for viewing even with all the moon light. Check it out, the warm evenings will not last.
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