You can see the moon in the center, Venus is above on the right and Jupiter is barely visible above and on the left. The large yellow light at the right is a street lamp.
At 9:13pm tonight the International Space Station passed over and was visible for about 4 minutes.
Bettween now and the end of June, Venus and Jupiter will move closer together (from our perspective on Earth) and by June 30 will be so close together you could extend one finger and 'cover them up' in the sky.
Earth Sky is a great newsletter with all kinds of science information. You can sign up to receive their notices at the bottom of their web page. Go to Earth Sky.org. I have been following the movements of Venus and Jupiter after reading their articles.
To find out when the International Space Station will be passing over your location, go to Spot the Station and enter your location. You will receive email notices for the dates and times when it will pass over your location. spotthestation.nasa.gov
Tips for stargazing is a link to a great article from EarthSky.org.You can access lots of star maps for each month of the year on the internet, but a Planisphere is a great tool for orienting you to what can be seen any time of night and any day and month of the year..
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