Minnesota StarWatch: Mars gets lost next month - Austin Daily Herald

Minnesota StarWatch: Mars gets lost next month - Austin Daily Herald

By Deane Morrison In August, Mars gets lost as it sinks deep into the sun’s afterglow. Meanwhile, Jupiter climbs above the predawn eastern horizon to join brilliant Venus. Early in the month, Venus and Jupiter form a straight line with Aldebaran, the eye of Taurus, the bull. The two planets approach each other rapidly, while Aldebaran pulls away from them and the hourglass form of Orion, the hunter, glides by to the south. Venus and Jupiter come…