The evening star

Everything you think you know about the “Morning Star” and the “Evening Star” is wrong.

The poems of Edgar Allan Poe; (1900) Illustrated by William Heath Robinson (source)

These stunning photos - taken by the talented photographers in our own EarthSky community - are from earlier this month, when the moon was less bright in the evening sky. See the Milky Way - the edgewise view into our own galaxy - plus Jupiter, Saturn and meteors here!

“The Moon, Jupiter, & its 4 moons.”

This week, Venus - the brightest planet and dazzling "evening star" - will pass the beautiful Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. Look west after sunset! Venus and the Pleiades meet only every 8 years. Photos here.

Planetary Reunion Photograph courtesy Luc Perrot Venus (right) and Jupiter appear to meet in the sky over the French island of Réunion in a recently released picture of this month's planetary conjunction. Also called the evening star, Venus is the brightest planet we can see with the naked eye, due in part to its thick, highly reflective atmosphere and its closeness to Earth.

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