Look to the skies to see a series of delights over next two weeks

A spectacular celestial sight will be visible for a few hours tonight before reappearing during the week.

Not only will the closest planet to Earth, Venus, be extremely close to the Moon tonight and visible to the naked eye - it will be joined in the skies by Mars.

"Everyone in Ireland can plainly see this sight with the naked eye," says David Moore, Editor of Astronomy Ireland.