ay will be a great month for seeing (mag. 2.2, dia. 11˝, May 15), with the planet climbing into the dawn sky following inferior conjunction on the 2nd. On the 18th, it will be seen in company with the very thin crescent Moon, with Jupiter a short distance above, and on the 29th it will reach its greatest elongation (i.e. angle from the Sun) of 24.9°. Moving into June, and
