“The problem is that the sun will be illuminating the sky in that area,” O’Donoghue added. “It’s just before the sunrise ... dawn, so it’s usually on a fairly bright background ...

Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” Does this proverb have a meteorological basis? That’s unclear, but the epic sunrise seen over Munising Bay in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sure ...

Then it did the opposite, appearing to rise higher into the pre-dawn sky in the east during a dazzling “Morning Star” phase ... into the post-sunset or pre-sunrise night sky.

Spring is now in the sky as well as the air. And nothing’s springier than Leo, the lion. In April, Leo dominates the southern sky after nightfall. Look for the backward question mark of ...

The planet, at magnitude 5.6, is easy to spot in binoculars or any small scope, though the brighter background ... observe in the early-morning sky in the hour before sunrise.