Eyes on the Sky: Apr 9 thru Apr 15

Apr 9

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Eyes on the Sky: Apr 9 thru Apr 15

Seeing double in Taurus with the Goddess galloping by

Venus continues moving away from the Pleiades star cluster this week, nearby the Hyades instead, setting up both color contrasts with the 1st magnitude Aldebaran and helpfully pointing the way to some binocular double stars in the vicinity.  Saturn reaches opposition at the end of the week on April 15th, and offers up an even more steeply-tilted ring system this year compared to last.  With a handful of bright moons revolving around it – plus the planet splitting some 8th and 10th magnitude stars – there’s plenty to see in the sky naked eye, with binoculars and/or with a small telescope this week.  Wishing you clear and dark skies as you find and see what’s up this week!

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Posted on April 9, 2012, in Weekly Vodcast. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.

  1. astronewsus | April 9, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Reblogged this on ABC Astronomy and commented:
    Thanks to Heavens With Lamps for the weekly reminder of what to look out for in the skies above 🙂

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