• I saw Venus this Friday morning (June 15), first with binoculars and then the naked eye. The moon and Jupiter are in that same part of the sky - east before sunrise. The moon will soon leave the morning sky, but the brilliant planets Jupiter and Venus are rapidly climbing away from the glare of morning twilight and should be fairly easy to see by late June 2012. The waning crescent moon and Jupiter and Venus line up in the east tomorrow, too, to grace the morning twilight on Saturday, June 16, 2012.
• Whether you see this celestial line-up from the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere, the moon resides at top, Venus at bottom, and Jupi

ter in between.
• You'll need a level and unobstructed horizon, and possibly binoculars, to spot Venus low in the sky - especially from northerly latitudes. While you're at it, use binoculars to check out the earthshine on the dark side of the waning crescent moon.
• Although we show the Pleiades cluster on our sky chart, you'll probably have a hard time seeing this cluster unless you get up before dawn. Even at that, you might need binoculars. The Pleiades cluster (and also the star Aldebaran) will probably be visible to the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Pleiades: Famous Seven Sisters
• Aldebaran is the Bull's fiery eye
• From both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the moon rises over the

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