PLANETS: “Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see…”

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody wasn’t encouraging stargazing, but we are!

Farmers Almanac, at farmersalmanac.com/visible-planets-guide, says five planets will be visible during May. That is, if it isn’t raining or cloudy at night.

Venus will be hanging out for folks to see for a few months. Look east and southeast just before sunrise until Nov. 20.

To see Mars, look east after sunset all month. Today, Mars will be near the Beehive Cluster — a dazzling sight for stargazers with binoculars or a telescope.

Jupiter can be seen to the southwest after sunset all month. For Saturn, look east and southeast before sunrise all month.

To see Neptune, look east and southeast before sunrise all month. (Neptune will appear to the lower left of Saturn.)

Uranus will be visible again in the morning sky from July to September.

In the month of June will be one of the few times the planet Mercury will be visible. Look west just after sunset from June 18 to July 6.

“Mercury is the most elusive planet and is the toughest of the five naked eye planets to find in the night sky. It moves quickly from night to night, and it shifts from being visible in the morning sky to the evening sky in a matter of weeks.

“In Roman mythology, Mercury was associated with the swift, fleet-footed messenger god. The planet lives up to the reputation of its namesake as the fastest planet, whipping around the Sun at an average speed of almost 106,000 miles per hour.”