Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud tops of the gas giant Jupiter as the Galilean moons Io and Europa pass between the colossal world and the sun.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 3: Venus and Spica, side by side Tonight Jupiter sports a three-for-one as Io transits with its shadow in tow and Europa's shadow sneaks onto the disk in preparation for its own moon to transit.

Sunrise and sunset • Rises at 7:31 a.m. and sets at 5:59 p.m. on the 1st (daylight saving time) • Rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets at 4:37 p.m. on the 30th (standard time) Moon’s phases • Full

If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a "mini planet parade" as Mars and Jupiter appear alongside a half-lit moon in the southwestern sky. To see them, look high in the sky right at sunset. The 60%-illuminated waxing gibbous ...

This week, for the third time in eight months, Uranus will have a "close encounter" with Jupiter. Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the evening sky, being high in the south at sunset, and setting in the west around 11 p.m. EST. As seen in a ...

The Tallahassee Astronomical Society holds a free night sky viewing event monthly at Cascades Park. Fall back to standard time on Nov. 2.