Down to Earth Astronomy
April 19 - 25
Planets – Venus is low in the eastern sky before sunrise. On April 22 Venus will be just to the left of the moon.
Mars is low in the eastern sky before sunrise. On April 22 Mars will be below the moon.
Jupiter is low in the southeastern sky before sunrise. On April 19 Jupiter will be below and slightly right of the moon.
Saturn is in the south/southeastern sky during mid-evening.
Moon – New Moon: April 24.
Comets – none visible with the unaided eye.
Deep Space – The constellation Cancer, with its beautiful star cluster known as the Beehive, is in the southern sky during mid-evening.
Meteor Showers – The minor meteor shower, the April Ursids, peaks on
April 19-20. The major meteor shower, the Lyrids, peaks on April 21.
Keep looking up. You never know what you’ll see and enjoy in the night sky!
Jarrett Dubois is an amateur astronomer from rural NW Illinois. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org