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Volume 20 -- Issue 5
Planet Watch -- May 2014
Mercury reappears as an evening planet this month and is well placed for viewing above the western horizon after sunset local time.
Venus is easily visible as the bright 'morning star' above the eastern horizon before sunrise. However for northern hemisphere viewing Venus is
not very high above the horizon and is lost in the Sun's glare as both rise.
Mars is still in its prime viewing time of being visible all night as it reached opposition and perihelion last month. Mars
ends its retrograde motion this month on the 21st.
Jupiter is visible but low over the western horizon at sunset and sets around midnight local time. Look for the giant planet to be
to the west, (right), from the 'twin stars' of Pollux and Castor.
Saturn is still in retrograde motion and this month, on the 10th, reaches opposition and as a result Saturn rises at local
sunset time and is visible all night.
Lee's Summit, MO 
