Three Wanderers

Venus, Jupiter and Mars are putting on a show these days in the early morning sky. They'll be at it through the first week of November, when, on the mornings of Nov. 6 and 7, the waning crescent moon will join them.

The photos below have been aligned on the stars, so when you move between them (using the right and left cursor arrow keys) you can see the movement of the planets from one night to the next. Press the arrow keys fairly rapidly to suppress Google Photo's stupid "sliding the picture into view" effect.

To see the pictures with their narrative captions, click the picture below and then click the i-in-a-circle icon in the upper right corner.