Scorpius and its bright star Antares rise in the southeast, followed shortly by Mars, which is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Mars' orbit is five times as eccentric than Earth's, so if we happen to pass Mars when it is closest to the sun, we get a better view than when Mars is far from the sun. Vega watch Look in the northeastern sky for a very bright star, Vega, rising. Vega is the first of the three stars of the Summer Triangle to rise and is the brightest of the three. If you watch carefully from night to night, you will be able to discern that Vega rises slightly less than four minutes earlier each night.
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Michael S. Smith is a physician-statistician and a member of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association.