Three planets before dawn
Venus will be our only naked-eye planetary companion in the early- to mid-evening hours for most of this month, with the others confined to the eastern sky in the post-midnight and pre-dawn hours until the final week of April.
But let’s begin with (mag. –0.1, dia. 6.3”, Apr 5). The innermost planet will be visible above the eastern horizon before sunrise. This is a great time
