" Tonight's Sky " - my favorite

In little Rhode Island you must get away from
  the Greater Providence area, to North Scituate
  or Foster perhaps, to get a Carl Sagan view of
  our galaxy- " billions and billions of stars".
     When the night sky is unusually splendid here,
  I view it as a mesmerized kid, thinking of the
  famous opening words of H.G Well's science fiction
  classic, " The War of the Worlds " :
    " No one would have believed in the last years
     of the nineteenth century that this world was
     being watched keenly and closely by intelligences
     greater than man's.. "

   I have looked for THEM but I've never spotted
  any sinister flying saucers in the night sky over
     Rhode Island.
        But in the daytime -in downtown Providence-
     " The Invasion of the Body Snatchers " scenario
     has some credibility.
        I must mention my favorite web site : " Tonight's
     Sky " ( http://www.earthsky.com ). It tells
     me just what to look for in the heavens on any
     given night. Tonight , June,22 :

         " The planet Mars and the bright star
           Spica can be seen near each other..
           And tonight they are near the moon-
           a very noticeable sight!
            " Mars is reddish in color... Spica
            shines blue-white in color ".
     Then I like to go to those stunning images
     from the Hubble telescope. One of them, I
     am convinced, belongs in the Sistine Chapel.
     " The Finger of God ", I call it. It shows
     new stars being born in a glorious, transcendent
     illumination.
        If you are sick of the happy couch potato
     life style - fat bodies, foolish minds- go
     outside at night and enjoy a slice of heaven.