April 30, Watch for Venus and moon east before sunrise May 1
May 2011 will stage a good number of planetary conjunctions. In fact, the planets Mars and Jupiter will be in conjunction tomorrow
Sky Tonight—April 29, Five planets before sunrise April 30. .
Far and away, people in the southern hemisphere enjoy the better view of this string of planets.
Sky Tonight—April 27, Leo loses his tail. We gain a constellation.
Very faint stars make up the constellation Coma Berenices, otherwise known as Berenice’s Hair.
Sky Tonight—April 26, Star-hop from Leo to the Coma star cluster
Two distinctive star patterns make the Lion easy to identify. Leo’s brightest star – the sparkling blue-white gem Regulus
Sky Tonight—April 25, Orion descends in the west each evening
The famous constellation Orion will soon disappear for another season.
Sky Tonight—April 24, Kochab and Pherkad in the Little Dipper
Kochab and Pherkad served as twin pole stars from about 1500 BC to about 500 BC.
Sky Tonight—April 23, Two stars lead to constellation Hercules
The stars Arcturus and Vega can help you identify Hercules,
Sky Tonight—April, 22, Peak of Lyrid meteor shower
Tonight presents the expected peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, from late night Friday (April 22) until dawn Saturday (April 23).
Sky Tonight—April 21, Lyrid meteors fly in moonlight, Venus shines
The 2011 Lyrid meteor shower will pepper the night tonight between late night and dawn
Sky Tonight—April 20, Vega marks radiant point of April’s Lyrid meteor shower
The 2011 Lyrid meteor shower is now picking up steam