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Hey Fellow Fox 5'ers!

Let's ALL get out tonight and watch the CLEAR SKY! Here's a list to look for.

Watch the glow of sunset be replaced by the dark of the night.

Mercury can STILL be seen in the west to the left of there the Sun sets. It is still a bright golden-yellow about one fist width above the western horizon - it is the brightest object in that part of the sky.

Check for the Earth's shadow in the east - a gray-blue presence that gets deeper and higher in the sky as our planet's shadow is enveloped by the dark of space.

The gibbous Moon is high overhead at 9 PM and to the far upper  right is Saturn and Regulus. Saturn is the brighter of the two "stars".

We do not have the ISS flying overhead tonight but in a few weeks hopefully we can see Discovery and the ISS passing overhead.

The stars of summer - the summer triangle of Vega, Deneb and Altair - are in the east after the Fox 5 News at 10 and the Edge. All are bright with Vega at the top, Deneb at the left and Altair to the lower right. Look for them and think of hot dogs, watermelon and warm, humid nights!

Get out and enjoy the sky tonight.

SkyGuy