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Apr 2010 |
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Last updated Mar 30, 2010 |
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Sunrise Sunset Apr 01 06:36 19:33 Apr 10 06:16 19:49 Apr 20 05:55 20:05 Apr 30 05:35 20:22 |
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Click here and start the Electric Orrery to see where all the planets are today in relation to each other. |
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Student Calendar |
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Highlights for the month of April |
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3rd |
Saturn’s largest moon, Triton is at greatest western elongation and should be visible with binoculars |
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8th |
Mercury has its best evening apparition of the year. View it in the western sky. close to Venus |
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10th |
Neptune close to the Moon in the southern sky. |
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11th |
Both Jupiter and Uranus are close to the Moon in the south eastern sky |
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12th |
The Virginids meteor shower. |
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15th |
Venus and Mercury close together in the southern sky |
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21st |
Mars very close to the Moon. If you look through binoculars you should be able to see the Beehive Cluster, M44, just below and to the right of it. |
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22nd |
The April Lyrid meteor showers peak but will not be easily visible until after Moonset at 03:00 |
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25th |
The yellowish star above the bright Moon is Saturn |