Welcome to the night sky report for May 2025 -- Your guide to the constellations, deep sky objects, planets, and celestial events that are observable during the month. The planets to look for in May are Mars and Jupiter. They're visible for a couple of hours after sunset in the western sky.  Low in the eastern sky each morning you'll find bright Venus paired with much fainter Saturn. They start the month close together, but Saturn pulls away and rises higher over the course of the month.  Also, the first week of May brings the annual Eta Aquarid meteors, peaking on May 6th. In May, we are looking away from the crowded, dusty plane of our own galaxy toward a region where the sky is brimming with distant galaxies. Locate Virgo to find a concentration of roughly 2000 galaxies and search for Coma Berenices to identify many more. Coma Berenices is a great target for binoculars. Look for galaxies like M104 (Sombrero Galaxy), M87 (Virgo A Galaxy), and M64 (Black Eye Galaxy). The night sky is truly a celestial showcase. Get outside and explore its wonders from your own backyard.