Sky Tonight—March 23, Moon near red star Antares

Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science Visit EarthSky at www.EarthSky.org If you are an early riser, look out a south-facing window before dawn on March 24, 2011 – Thursday morning – to see a lovely waning gibbous moon in front of the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion. Understanding moon phases The reddish star near the moon is Antares, considered the Scorpion’s ruby heart. Antares is a red supergiant star, located roughly opposite in the sky from another famous red ... Full Story

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