Moon phases
New-4/3_____First Quarter-4/11____Full-4/17____Last Quarter-4/24
Planets
Meteor showers
Lyrids peak on 4/21 at ~15/hr. There are three comets visible in the east before sunrise this month,
one of which could be challenging at best.
Ikeya-Zhang, Snyder-Murakami and Utsunomia. Contact me for details.
Deep Sky Objects (DSO's)
M81 & 82 are still there, M108-an edge on
galaxy and M97-the Owl (planetary) Nebula are close together in Ursa Major, M109-another
galaxy in Ursa Major. M40 is also in Ursa Major, but it's just a double star system of no
real significance. Some may detect nebulosity near it, but I haven't seen it.
M105, M95 and M96 are all within 1.5º of each other in Leo, (M96 held a
supernova in 1998, just in time for the
Grand Canyon Star Party)
plus, M65 and M66 are also in the same field of view of each other. All the galaxies need a
telescope to be seen.
There's just a ton of galaxies in the region.
The Leo group, the beginnings of the Virgo/Coma cluster etc. Check your charts.
Here's the link to SEDS as promised.
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Messier Objects
Named DSO's
January's page | February's page | March's's page | April's page | May's page | June's page |
July's page | August's page | September's page | October's page | November's page | December's page |
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