Now that the last days of spring are upon us, the short summer nights await.
We say goodbye to Scorpio and the giant red star Antares as they set with the westering sun and are gone, with the rest of the winter constellations, by twilight's end.
Also, low in the west is the sixth planet out, the beautifully ringed Saturn. Visible in the afterglow of the setting sun, it too is gone by 10pm.
In the morning sky the planets continue to dance at the gates of dawn. Venus and Jupiter - having waltzed together in the evening sky earlier in the year - rounded the sun and now part ways, having been together in the predawn sky last month.
Jupiter now races ahead of the breaking dawn to disappear into the daylight sky. Venus is joined by Mars on the third, visible as a couple through binoculars, both being less than a degree apart. The moon joins the trio from November 6-8.