Very faint, use binoculars. See how far the planets are from the Sun or Earth, how bright they look, and their apparent size in the sky. Dates and tips on how and where to see "shooting stars" from meteor showers all over the world. A conjunction is when planets like Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, or other bodies like stars or the Moon, meet in the sky. Why and when do conjunctions happen? Sign in. Polar day. Loading stars Mercury rise and set in Chicago Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Mercury Time:. In Constellations, it's Marianne's work in quantum theory and Roland's study of roles in hive society that provide a frame for the endless permutations of the couple, movingly played out by Fisher and Hill, who never leave Joe Schermoly's limboesque gray slate of a set.
The individual points begin to form a larger shape: the way a relationship can leave us changed for good, no matter when or how it comes to an end. Chicago On the Aisle - Highly Recommended. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a roll of the dice, suggests playwright Nick Payne in his touching romance "Constellations," now on crisp and credible view at Steppenwolf Theatre.
But Payne's ethereal proposition really goes further: Imagine what it might look like, from somewhere on the space-time continuum, if you could watch the same situation - say, the relationship between a man and a woman - play out from the get-go over and over, like infinite tosses of those fateful little cubes. Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended. Above all, this Steppenwolf stunner with its multi-layered magic forbids us to confuse what is with what must be or to assume that a lifetime has limits.
Like Thornton Wilder's similarly-playful Our Town, Constellations puts everything in flux, just as it actually is. We deny an unfinished and infinite universe at our peril. Splash Magazine - Highly Recommended. This is quite simply a brilliant play and a magnificent night of theatre. It's certainly one of the most intimate productions I've seen at Steppenwolf in many years, if not one of the best.
Honing in on our cosmological themes, "Constellations" is truly a universal play with a close personal feel to it. It's intricate enough to appeal to scientific minds while also being immensely accessible to a general audience. I, for one, found myself engrossed by this piece - never has 80 minutes flown by so quickly, or packed more into it than most do in 3 hours.
ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended. The 80 minute two-hander seem to last 80 hours. It lost me early and bored me throughout. After seeing that most reviewers loved the work, I had to investigate why the drama left me so cold?
I did something I rarely do: I read all the rave reviews by the critics I most respect. Maybe it was all the elliptical repetitious structure that cover all possibilities as the shift in time? Chicago Stage Standard - Recommended. I enjoyed this play because I enjoy the ideas it presented. I can see someone walking out of Constellations with a headache and a desire to never think about the hodgepodge of concepts and timelines thrown at them.
My only wish is that the production went further. While touching and funny at times, it still felt very analytical. I could feel them searching to make different outcomes rather than living in the reality of the new scene. Even with a topic I love and a run time under 90 minutes, there were still too many opportunities to completely lose interest in what was happening on stage.
These are solid actors, with superb direction taking us on a journey that might have more meaning to the audience if they truly understood the words as they were spoken.
For me, the 80 minutes no intermission might have been better off being 60 minutes. I know that there were audience members who lost focus on the story telling somewhere around the half-way mark, and that may have lost some of them for the ending, which was a thing of beauty.
I would have loved to rate this show higher, but due to my finding myself bored at times, could not , in all honesty do this. I would love to hear back from readers on your take. Chicago Theatre Review - Highly Recommended. Chicagoland Theater Reviews - Highly Recommended. Finding this star pattern is as easy as spotting the three stars that are lined up next to one another. Share your tips and tricks with us below in the comments.
For more like this, check out these eight attractions in Illinois that will teach you more about space. Posted in Illinois April 22, by Elizabeth Crozier. During these uncertain times, please keep safety in mind and consider adding destinations to your bucket list to visit at a later date. Stargazing is an old pastime that allowed our ancestors to make up stories from the shapes and images they saw in the stars.
Nowadays, people marvel at the same constellations that people were talking about centuries ago.
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