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On Topic: Astro News
Friday, April 13
"I'm not superstitious, it brings bad luck," said baseball great Yogi Berra - and for sure, expecting bad things tends to bring them on. So if you need a counter-jinx for today being Friday the 13th, note that Venus in the western dusk is passing directly between the Pleiades and Aldebaran. Why should that bring good luck? Why not? The waning crescent Moon hangs lower left of Mars as dawn brightens tomorrow morning. Saturday, April 14 When darkness descends, look just 1/3° left of bright Venus for the 4.4-magnitude star 37 Tauri. Binoculars will help. Sunday, April 15 The brightest star in the eastern sky these evenings is ginger-ale-colored Arcturus. The brightest off to its lower right (by three fist-widths at arm's length) is Spica, icy blue-white. Rising later in the northeast later at night is Vega, shining a clearer white. Monday, April 16 Right after dark this week, scanning from the southwest rightward, you'll find a horizontal layer of bright constellations: Canis Major with brilliant Sirius, Orion with his horizontal belt, Aldebaran, Venus, and the Pleiades. Above that lies a second layer of "winter" constellations - Canis Minor, Gemini, and Auriga Tuesday, April 17 New Moon (exact at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). Wednesday, April 18 "April is galaxy time," writes Sue French Thursday, April 19 The crescent Moon shines beautifully between Venus and the Pleiades this evening as seen from the Americas; see the illustration below. Think photo opportunity! As seen from northeastern Europe a few hours earlier, the Moon skims the Pleiades at dusk. This Week's Planet Roundup Mercury is hidden in the glare of sunrise. Venus (magnitude -4.1, in Taurus) is the brilliant "Evening Star" blazing in the west during and after twilight. Mars (magnitude +1.1, in Aquarius) remains low in the east-southeast during dawn. Jupiter (magnitude -2.4, in southern Ophiuchus) rises around midnight daylight saving time and dominates the south before dawn. Saturn (magnitude +0.3, at the Leo-Cancer border) shines very high in the south or southwest during evening. Regulus, less bright, is 12° to its left. North of (above) Regulus is Algieba (Gamma Leonis), nearly as bright. Uranus is hidden in the sunrise. Neptune (magnitude 8) is upper right of Mars before sunrise but probably still too low and faint to see through the dawn glow even with a telescope. Pluto (magnitude 14, in northwestern Sagittarius) is not far from Jupiter in the south before dawn. It's only one 3-millionth as bright! -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html AD World http://www.adworld.netfirms.com/ |
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