BRIGHT SIGHTS IN THE SKY, NEAR AND FAR

The Boston Globe | January 22, 2002| | Copyright

The waxing gibbous moon shines high in the evening sky this week, like a lamp inviting skywatchers to survey the brilliant winter stars and planets arrayed in its vicinity.

The brightest of these is Jupiter, shining clear white. The moon, moving in its orbit around the Earth, shifts closer toward our line of sight to Jupiter each night. It will seem to hang right next to Jupiter on Saturday.

Along the way, the moon passes dimmer, yellowish Saturn and the orange star Aldebaran tomorrow and Thursday.

Tear out the map here, take it outside with a flashlight, and you can identify a half-dozen ...

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