Mars and Jupiter remain visible in our evening skies during May. Jupiter is already fairly low in the west as darkness falls. Early in the month, it sets just more than an hour after the end of dusk.

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Goodbye Legislature
As always, success at this year’s legislative session can be measured in many ways.

As darkness falls on the gradually warming April evenings, there are two bright planets in our western sky. Jupiter is about halfway up the sky at the end of dusk and sets around midnight, while Mars is higher up and follows along about three hours later.