Hi there Starshines!
Your friendly star nerd Trace here with some
early-morning star gazing for you.
Head outside before sunrise, and look to the
South East because you re going to welcome
Orion back to our skies!
In the early summer, Orion is hidden by the
sun, but as Fall approaches he returns.
Since he s back, let s equip him with
a new maul -- Venus the Morning Star -- if
you look a bit to the Left of Orion, you ll
see a bright spot, that s Venus!
Venus, is the next closest planet to our sun.
It s about the same size as Earth but has
a terribly toxic temperament.
The Soviet Union landed a probe on it in December
1970 -- it only lasted 20 minutes.
Yikes-a-roo!
Anyway, we all know Orion can t REALLY grab
Venus, but our neighbor planet will chase
Orion across the sky all morning, so enjoy
the view while you Keep Lookin up!