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![Jupiter in the night sky, as seen magnified by the telescope in the Adler Planetarium’s Doane Observatory.](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/jupiter_stacked210928215809-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: May 2023
Adler Skywatch: What’s in the sky throughout May 2023? See Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, the Hare Moon, and learn where Mercury went!
![Up close image of the Moon taken by an Adler Planetarium astronomer in June 2020. Image Credit: Michelle Nichols](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/moon200602205934-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: April 2021
Traditionally April’s Full Moon has been called the “Pink Moon,” for the flowers that begin to bloom in the warmer weather. However, some people will be calling it a “Supermoon” this month, April 2021. The Moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle; sometimes the Moon is further away from Earth, sometimes it’s closer. […]
![The Sun sets during Chicagohenge as a CTA train in Chicago, Illinois travels towards it. Image Credit: @cdats](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Chicagohenge-CTA-e1708719869970-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: March 2021
Header Image: Chicagohenge Image Credit: @cdats It’s the month named for the god of war, Mars; and the planet Mars is a great focus for the month of March 2021. Last month, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully landed on the planet Mars. It joined the still-operating Curiosity Rover already on the Martian surface. Perseverance allows NASA […]