REMEMBER how dazzlingly bright Venus was in the evening sky a couple of months ago? The Evening Star has now become the Morning Star as it shines in the east before dawn, rising a couple of hours before the Sun. If you have a pair of binoculars they will show you the planet as a tiny, silvery crescent.
Just to the left of Venus, but a lot fainter, lies Mars. It really does have a distinctive orange-red colour to the naked eye, and binoculars bring out the ruddy hue even more.
The Sun remains very active, so any clear night, keep an eye on the northern sky for a surprise display of the northern lights. Look for a red or purple tinge to the sky around and beneath the stars of the Big Dipper.
Stuart Atkinson
Eddington Astronomical Society of Kendal.
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