This month’s episode showcases the Big and Little Dippers, now placed high in the northern evening sky. We’ll also track down all five bright planets and watch for meteors from Halley’s Comet. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. Check out the illustrated version of this podcast on Sky & Telescope’s YouTube channel! Let’s get started with where you’ll find the Moon this month. Its cycle of phases will be a snap to remember, kicked off by a full Moon on May 1st — and then a second full moon on May 31st. Now, you’ve probably heard that the one on the 31st should be called a Blue Moon, signifying the second full Moon in a month. But did you know that definition is actually an error started by Sky & Telescope back in March 1946 ? Yep! That’s when James Hugh Pruett misread tables of lunar phases in the Maine Farmer’s Almanac and came up with the interpretation that’s so common today. But Pruett was wrong.…