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Sky Events


Astronomical Events for April and May

(All Times Eastern)

To see if HST is visible in the Baltimore sky, check out:
http://www.heavens-above.com/passsummary.asp?lat=39.290&lng=76.613&alt=0&loc=Baltimore&TZ=EST&satid=20580

Apr 8th: Today is National Astronomy day. I'll be attending the festivities near Goddard Space Flight Center. See http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/outreach/gac/Events/astroday2000.html for details.

Apr 11th: First quarter moon.

Apr 16th: Mars will pass 2 degrees north of Saturn low in the west 45 minutes after sunset.

Apr 18th: Full moon.

Apr 21st: The Lyrid meteor shower peaks early this morning. Look to the northeast between midnight and morning twilight.

Apr 26th: Last quarter moon.

Apr 28th: Mercury passes just 1/3rd of a degree south of Venus. Use binoculars to look for the pair low in the east 20 minutes before sunrise.

May 4th: New moon.

Forrest Hamilton

(Submitted: 3/29/2000)


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