The Sky This Week from December 1 to 8: Mercury stands east of the Sun

Friday, December 1Many people have heard of the Summer Triangle — the large, three-pointed asterism that flies high overhead on warm summer nights and is now sinking toward the western horizon after dark. But have you heard of the Winter Triangle? This cold-weather asterism is now rising in the east late in the evening, inchingContinue reading “The Sky This Week from December 1 to 8: Mercury stands east of the Sun”
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