What's Up for May 10-17

For Mother’s Day, and all week long, look north after midnight for the W shaped Cassiopeia the Queen. just above the horizon. This is a circumpolar constellation, rotating through the night. By dawn it will have turned on its side looking more like a expanded 3.

The first batch of Starlink satellites launched a year ago will be dimly visible as they pass over in a line from the northwest starting at 8:30 pm. Look for as many as twenty dots moving nearly overhead before setting in the southesat about eight minutes later.

Look for the moon, Jupiter and Saturn together in the predawn sky. The Moon and Jupiter will be separated by less than 3 degrees.

Similarly Venus ends its northeasterly movement against the background of stars. It stands still today before moving back toward the southwest.

The International Space Station (ISS) will rise from the southwest horizon at 9:36 pm moving toward the south. You'll loose sight of it about 3 minutes later as it slowly fade, as it moves into the Earth's shadow.

The Moon and Mars will be separated by less than 3 degrees, rising around 3 am, it will be visible until sunrise. They will be nearly as close on Thursday as well.

The ISS will directly overhead from the northwest beginning at 4:57 am, setting seven minutes later in the southeast. It appears again from the southwest at 9:35 pm setting in the northeast seven minutes later.

The ISS will rise from the southwest this time beginning at 8:50 pm, it will set seven minutes later in the northeast.