Dance of the Planets - Continued

This month the evening sky has held plenty of planets and other heavenly bodies. When the clouds have parted (which has not been all that often), there have been some spectacular sights.

July 18. The crescent moon (3 days past new) near Venus.

But, of course, the ("dwarf") planet making all the news right now is Pluto, as the New Horizons spacecraft is sending back photos and data captured during its fly-by earlier this week.