Despite the fact that it will now slowly start moving back toward the Sun in the sky, the speedy planet should remain easy to find in the morning for now. Mercury currently spans 7' and is 57 percent lit. ItРІР‚в„ўs blazing a bright magnitude РІР‚вЂњ0.5 in Virgo. local time and has climbed nearly 12Р’В° above the horizon 30 minutes before sunrise. From the midwestern U.S., the small planet rises around 5:50 A.M. Mercury reaches greatest western elongation at 2 A.M. At that time, it will sit 252,038 miles (405,616 km) away. The Moon reaches apogee - the farthest point from Earth in its not-quite-circular orbit - at 11:28 A.M. This is actually the second of two passes the ISS will make this morning it is briefly visible for about two minutes starting just before 4:42 A.M., but crosses only a very small region of the sky, from Leo to Coma Berenices, and is a much fainter magnitude РІР‚вЂњ0.3. You can find out more, including whether itРІР‚в„ўs visible from your specific location, at. It will reach a height 48Р’В° above the horizon in the north-northwest around 6:16:30 A.M., blazing a bright magnitude РІР‚вЂњ3.4. (All times in CDT.) The station will pop into visibility in Aries and move up toward the North Celestial Pole near Polaris, then sink back to the horizon in BoР“В¶tes and disappear just before 6:20 A.M. can catch it beginning just before 6:15 A.M. (ItРІР‚в„ўs the same reason artificial satellites are visible in the night sky.) It generally takes a few minutes for the ISS to cross the sky from a given location, and this morning, those in the midwestern U.S.

When you do see it, the glow comes from sunlight reflecting off the stationРІР‚в„ўs exterior as it orbits high overhead, even if you canРІР‚в„ўt see the Sun from your location. This orbit is ever-changing, so it doesnРІР‚в„ўt always pass over the same place twice every time, but you can easily determine if and when the ISS is visible from your location. The International Space Station, or ISS, zips around the planet about once every 90 minutes at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km). Mu is also a variable star, which brightens and then fades again over a period of about 800 to 1,000 days. Although its relatively low temperature certainly contributes to its red color, the veil of galactic dust that sits between us and this star further reddens its glow. Mu is a cool but bright supergiant star that is one of the most luminous suns in our galaxy. This 4th-magnitude luminary, also called Erakis, is located in the southern part of the constellation, about 1.5Р’В° south of the center point on a line drawn between Alpha and Zeta (РћВ¶) Cephei. Tonight, letРІР‚в„ўs zoom in on Herschel's Garnet Star, a ruby red-colored point of light also cataloged as Mu (РћС) Cephei. That means itРІР‚в„ўs typically high and easy to observe from many locations in the Northern Hemisphere. local time from the same location.Р”В¬epheus the King is a house-shaped pattern of stars that circles Polaris as one of several circumpolar constellations. The MoonРІР‚в„ўs illumination is given at 12 P.M. *Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40Р’В° N 90Р’В° W. TheyРІР‚в„ўre much closer - 2,500 light-years - and span only 3' on the sky. The cluster stretches nearly 7' across and sits some 55,000 light-years from Earth - but is currently moving in our direction at a speedy 160 miles (255 kilometers) per second.Р”Р„bout 1.5Р’В° east of M72 is the loose grouping of four 10th- to 12th-magnitude stars cataloged as M73. YouРІР‚в„ўll need binoculars or a telescope to spot it, as it falls well below the magnitude your naked eyes can see. ItРІР‚в„ўs currently sitting between bright Jupiter (to its southeast) and Alpha (РћВ±) Capricorni to its southwest.Р”Р„t magnitude 9.2, M72 is the faintest globular cluster - an old grouping of stars - in MessierРІР‚в„ўs catalog. Look south after dark tonight to find it about 3.4Р’В° south-southeast of magnitude 3.8 Epsilon (РџВµ) Aquarii. One such object is the globular cluster M72 in Aquarius the Water-bearer. Thus, most of the entries in his list are small and appear fuzzy at low power. In the late 1700s, Charles Messier created his famous catalog to identify objects that he didnРІР‚в„ўt want to mistake for comets.

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