March 31, 2012 -- Sidewalk Astronomy in Monrovia

Corner of Myrtle and Lime, again, dusk to about 9pm, weather permitting.

Probably the last chance to see Jupiter from the sidewalk this year. That's the moderately bright "star" to the east-northeast. Higher and brighter is Venus. The crescent moon should be in their vicinity the next few nights.

Mars is the brightest "star" to the east, about half-way up the sky by the time twilight ends.

That means four possible targets this weekend. Hopefully, we'll have enough telescopes to show them all to you!