Not Tonight

Man, I was fired up. Tonight was going to be the night. I was going to put my kid to bed, grab my binoculars, and head out to a dark spot in the country. Tonight was the night that I was going to catch a glimpse of Comet Lulin.

But, alas, it wasn't meant to be...I'm not going to make it out tonight. But I will give you a little bit of stargazing advice to tide you over. If you go outside after dark, and look up in the sky to the west, that really bright "star" is actually Venus, our closest relative in the solar system. It's the really bright one...you can't miss it.