What’s Up This Month - May 2009

Galaxies and planets are on the menu this month. All planets are visible (even Pluto), though not at the same time. Saturn presents the finest view for small telescopes as it hovers under Leo. And those of you with a good-sized telescope and dark sky can hop the galaxy fields of Virgo, between the stars Denebola in Leo and Vindemiatrix in Virgo to see the nearest major cluster of galaxies to the Milky Way (more on that in the next issue). Also, in mid-month, if you get up early you can see a double transit of Jupiter…