The sky, May 19-26: Full Moon occults Antares on May 23

By Cosmic1 on May 20, 2024   Astronomy, Mars, Mercury, Out There, Planets, Space, Star Clusters, Stars, Telescopes  

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 19, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, MAY 19 ■ The Moon continues to illuminate Virgo’s part of the sky. Early this evening look about 3° or 4° lower left of the Moon for Spica, Virgo’s brightest star. By midnight the Moon moves closer to Spica, which then will be directly to […]