A bird, a bowl, and a misnamed water snake

The story of Apollo taking out his wrath on a servant bird, a bowl, and an innocent water snake is remembered in our modern constellations. But modern astronomers call the snake by the wrong name. It's Venus's turn to pass through the Beehive Cluster this week. The planet is following Mars in the evening sky. The moon passes Jupiter in the morning. And if you can see Mercury in the morning, get some binoculars and see a fainter planet and an asteroid nearby.