For those who are keenly interested .... tonight is one of those opportunities where you can see every planet (including Pluto) during a single night.
As darkness falls we will have Mercury visible in the western sky about 3 degress below a thin crescent moon (hopefully Mercury is still visible above the range from Ron's, it has been descending for the last 2 weeks).
Jupiter will stand out to the western sided of the zenith, Pluto located fairly close to a line from Antares through Jupiter and extended onwards towards M17 - though being on the edge of the Milky Way may be very hard to pick.
Neptune and Uranus are both well positioned in the eastern sky as darkness falls and will be viewable for several hours, Mars rising approx 1am and sitting below and between Orion and the Hyades (but above Procyon and Capella).
Finally Venus and Saturn rising around 3am and only about 2.5 ° apart, though may take a little while longer to get them to a "visible" position.
Cheers!
