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The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.
Find out what's up in your night sky during ... Pleiades Star Cluster (aka The Seven Sisters, Subaru, and Messier 45) will be close enough to the 17%-illuminated waxing crescent moon for them ...
Higher up, you’ll find Mars close to the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux: the Moon is very close to the Red Planet on 5 April. As it moves leftwards in the sky, Mars lines up with Castor and ...
Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in April 2025: Tuesday, 1 April — Waxing crescent moon ... sky (check the moonrise/moonset times for your location), bluish bright star Spica ...
Look to the eastern sky, and a clear horizon will show you this unusual, grinning planet alignment thanks to the crescent ...
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...
UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium's April show "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to different cities near the ...
April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), Jupiter will shine at a magnitude of -2, located around 40 degrees above the west ...
Here are the top night sky sights to watch for this month. After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width of each ...
Aileen O'DonoghueLook for aurora, earthshine and the crescent of Venus in the night skies That's not the moon! Venus is shining in the night sky as a thin crescent. That's because it will pass ...
With Venus shining at its peak close to the crescent moon, a dramatic full ... Orion dominates the February night sky, with ...