This month’s planets

While many sky-watchers and amateur astronomers will still be focusing their attention on Venus shining in the evening sky, there is another planetary treat to enjoy in the sky before sunrise. Early risers will see Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, as a very bright ‘morning star’ throughout this month. This giant world, so huge it could contain over a thousand Earths with room to spare, can be found shining above the southeastern horizon in the early