This month’s planets Venus takes the morning watch over the next few weeks, alongside Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
Constellation: Gemini
Magnitude: +2.4
AM/PM: PM
At the start of our observing period Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is an evening star, visible after sunset directly beneath the stars Castor and Pollux. However, its low magnitude and low altitude in a bright sky will make it hard to see without help from binoculars or a small telescope.
Constellation: Aquarius Magnitude: -0.2
AM/PM: AM
Mars is visible low in the east in the early hours before dawn at the start of our observing period. You’ll see the Red Planet shining like a bright, orange ‘star’ some distance off to the lower left of the close pairing of yellow-white Saturn and blue-white Jupiter, which will be shining low in the southeast.