This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 17 – 26

Brilliant Mars, just past opposition, far outshines its neighbors Pollux and Castor. Venus and Saturn pull apart in the southwest this week. Orion dominates the high southeast after dinnertime. Searing-white Sirius sparkles below it.

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